Regional cuisine of Tochigi region

Tochigi
Shimotsukare
Tochigi Local cuisine

Shimotsukare

On the first day of February (the first morning of the afternoon of February), it is an event meal that is served to Inari Shrine along with red rice. A than...

Tochigi
Shinko manju
Tochigi Local cuisine

Shinko manju

Shinkomanju are made to serve as offerings to the Hatsuuma Festival held in February of the lunar calendar at Ippeizuka Inari Shrine in Tanuma-cho, Sano City...

Tochigi
Utsunomiya Gyoza
Tochigi Local cuisine

Utsunomiya Gyoza

If you say Utsunomiya, say dumplings, dumplings, it's Utsunomiya. There is also a statue of dumplings in front of Utsunomiya Station. Utsunomiya dumplings ar...

Tochigi
Kenchin soup
Tochigi Nabe dish

Kenchin soup

Originally, it was Shojin ryori, and originally made soup from kelp and shiitake mushrooms. It seems that there was a custom to eat during some kind of event...

Tochigi
Sano ramen
Tochigi Ramen

Sano ramen

There is a feature of flat noodles using bamboo to make noodles. Noodles are strong, and they are characterized by shops such as middle to thin noodles and f...

Tochigi
Sauce katsudon
Tochigi Don dish

Sauce katsudon

There are various sauce katsudon in Tochigi prefecture. Compared to regular katsudon (katsudon with eggs), each restaurant has a unique interpretation, and i...

Tochigi
Tochiotome
Tochigi Local cuisine

Tochiotome

Tochigi Prefecture is a strawberry kingdom that has maintained the number one strawberry crop for over half a century. Among them, Tochiotome is one of the l...

Tochigi
Imo-fly
Tochigi Tenpura

Imo-fly

After the war, potatoes were processed and sold to female staff in Sano City's silk fabric industry at that time. Steamed potatoes are steamed on skewers, th...

Tochigi
Salt bean daifuku
Tochigi Local cuisine

Salt bean daifuku

In Tochigi Prefecture, there are not many shops that use Japanese sweets such as Daifuku, and salt bean daifuku is a super staple among the assortment. It is...

Tochigi
Daikon soba
Tochigi Soba & Udon

Daikon soba

It is a local cuisine around Sano City, Tochigi Prefecture, which has continued since the Meiji period. There are various ways to eat shredded raw daikon on ...

Tochigi
yuba
Tochigi Local cuisine

yuba

Yuba is a traditional ingredient in Nikko, and it seems that it already existed in the Nara period. When you use kanji, it is written as “yuba”, and the nota...