Regional cuisine of Yamagata region
Torimotsu ramen
“Torimotsu Ramen” is a local ramen loved in Shinjo City, Yamagata Prefecture. The light soy sauce-based soup contains plenty of slowly simmered chicken offal...
Boiled carp
It is the representative dish of Yonezawa's carp dish. It is a local dish made with carp cut into rings and boiled in sugar, soy sauce, and liquor. Carp boi...
Dondon-yaki
Dondonyaki in the inland area of Yamagata Prefecture has a common sauce taste, and its biggest feature is that it is wrapped around a piece of chopsticks to ...
Grilled fish of black
The blackfish that can often be caught on rocky areas and embankments near Kamo from Tsuruoka city Yunohama is white with a crunchy texture like a Thai famil...
Sakata ramen
Sakata ramen is a ramen that originated in the northern part of the Shonai region, mainly in Sakata City, Yamagata Prefecture. It is characterized by using h...
Kujiramochi
Kujiramochi is a local confectionery that has been handed down since ancient times in Shinjo and the surrounding Mogami region. It is called whale mochi, bu...
Natto soup
Natto Jiru, which is very nutritious, is a home cooking in winter that has been popular since ancient times in Yamagata Prefecture. Natto is crushed from gra...
Tama-konjac
Yamagata has long been the producing area of konjac potato, and “Tamakon” is a soul food of Yamagata prefectural people who have been nicknamed “Tamakon”. As...
Kado grilled
Kado is a herring that is eaten widely in Yamagata Prefecture. In the Tohoku region, it is said that herring for spawning was caught at the gate, so it came...
Hiyashi ramen
It was born to survive the hot summer in Yamagata. It is a cold ramen that originated in Yamagata City. As its name suggests, it is cold ramen, and both sou...
Yamagata soba
The soba that can be eaten extensively in the inland area of Yamagata Prefecture is called “Ita-soba”. Soba is served in a horizontal wooden box. The fact th...