Regional cuisine of Nara region
Yamato tea porridge
Yamato tea porridge is a local dish known as “Okaisan” in Nara. It is a simple dish that is boiled with hojicha in cotton sachets in boiling water and cooke...
Shikishiki
Shikishiki is one of the snacks usually eaten in Katsuragi Taima and Shinjo, and it is a snack that feels like a crepe. It is made by thinly spreading locall...
Harusame
Sakurai and Gose in Yamato have vermicelli manufacturing plants, which boast about 60% or more production in Japan, making it one of Yamato's local industrie...
yumen
Nyumen is a dish that you can write in kanji and eat somen with warm dashi as it says. Arunyumen, which is known nationwide, is a local dish that originated...
MIWA Somen
Miwa somen is a somen produced in the Miwa region, mainly in Sakurai City, Nara Prefecture, and is said to be the birthplace of somen in the Miwa region. Ma...
Shishinabe
Shishinabe is a traditional nabe dish made with boars that live in the mountains of Nara and is sometimes called “shishi-jiru”. Add a lot of condiments such...
Yoshino Kuzumochi
Katsuzumochi in Yoshino is a specialty product that recreates the taste of Takuzu mochi that was eaten in the old house following Mt. Yoshino. Yoshino Honku...
Persimmon leaf sushi
Kakinoha Sushi, one of Nara's representative local dishes, is a sushi made of bite-sized vinegared rice combined with fillets such as mackerel and salmon, wr...
Tenri ramen
Tenri ramen is a local ramen that was born in Tenri City, Nara Prefecture. It is characterized by soy sauce based on tonkotsu and chicken broth, spicy, rich...