Regional cuisine of Fukui region
Tsuruga ramen
Tsuruga ramen is a local ramen that originated in Tsuruga City, Fukui Prefecture, and is particularly characteristic of being served at night food stalls. Th...
Mikuni Burger
Mikuni Burger is a specialty hamburger made with local ingredients from Fukui Prefecture. Minced meat patties made from blocks of beef from Fukui prefecture...
Peony hot pot
Peony nabe is a hot pot dish made by simmering wild boar meat and vegetables seasoned with miso etc. It is also said that the name came from the fact that t...
Katsuyama oyaki
“Oyaki” loved by Katsuyama citizens is a Japanese confectionary made by wrapping slightly sweet azuki bean paste in mochi kneaded with mugwort and baked unti...
Sake manju
Sake manju is one of the sweets representing the Three Kingdoms. “Sake manju,” which many people from Fukui know, is a traditional Japanese confectionary, a...
Kuzu manju
Kuzumanju is a simple manju that has been made since long ago in Obama, and is a simple Japanese confectionary made with koshian wrapped in kneaded kudzu. T...
Deep-fried tofu
Fukui prefecture has the highest consumption of deep-fried tofu in Japan. It seems that in Fukui, where the belief in the Jodo Shinshu sect is popular, dish...
Oda tofu
“Oto tofu” is made in the former town of Oda (Otacho, now Echizen Town) in Fukui Prefecture, and is a staple tofu in Fukui. There used to be 3 Oda tofu, but...
Sesame tofu
The head temple of the Soto sect “Eiheiji” in Eiheiji-cho, Fukui Prefecture, is a grand and beautiful temple with 800 years of history and many important cul...
Hana Rakkyo
“Flower shallots” from Mirihama in Mikuni, Fukui Prefecture are cultivated in sand dunes stretching along the coast of the Sea of Japan. Since Mirihama's sa...
Soy sauce katsudon
The biggest feature of Ono's new specialty, the soy sauce katsudon, is that it uses soy sauce-based sauce and is served with plenty of vegetables. This is o...
Wakasa Guji
Wakasa (Fukui Prefecture) was once called the “Food Country)” as a country where food was allowed to be served to the emperor. Amadai caught in Wakasa Bay, ...