Regional cuisine of Koushinetsu/Hokuriku region

Niigata
Taichazuke
Niigata Seafood

Taichazuke

Taichazuke is a local bowl unique to Kashiwazaki, a specialty area of the top class sea bream on the Sea of Japan side. On top of the taimeshi, we put the fl...

Niigata
Niigata wappa rice
Niigata Seafood

Niigata wappa rice

Wappa rice is a dish that is served as a local dish of Niigata. “Wappa” is a bento box made by bending a thin plate of cedar. It is cooked rice cooked by add...

Nagano
Nagano Oyaki
Nagano Local cuisine

Nagano Oyaki

Oyaki, a specialty of Nagano Prefecture, is a food made by melting flour and buckwheat flour in water, kneaded, and then wrapped in a thin, sprawled skin wit...

Nagano
Koshiabura
Nagano Tenpura

Koshiabura

New shoots with a unique aroma that grow in early spring are edible and treated as wild vegetables. Koshi Abura is very nutritious, and in Nagano Prefecture,...

Yamanashi
Boiled Kofu Bird
Yamanashi Meat dish

Boiled Kofu Bird

Kofu Tori Motsuni, which is eaten in Yamanashi Prefecture, is a popular dish hidden from the local area. It is a dish that is familiar to Kofu citizens so th...

Niigata
Kurumagan
Niigata Local cuisine

Kurumagan

Kurumafu, which has long been familiar as a local dish of Niigata's “taste of omukuro”, is made from wheat flour and has no additives. Good digestion and abs...

Niigata
noppei soup
Niigata Local cuisine

noppei soup

Basically, it contains ingredients such as root vegetables, chicken, and konnyaku, and is characterized by the thickening of taro. It has been familiar with ...

Yamanashi
ear udon
Yamanashi Soba & Udon

ear udon

Knead the flour well, stretch it, cut into squares and make a pinch of two adjacent corners on one side. Its shape is exactly the shape of an ear. By looking...

Niigata
Imochi
Niigata Tenpura

Imochi

It is a traditional food in Sado, where rice is not taken and substituted for sweet potatoes. It is still a classic snack today and is sold in supermarkets i...

Nagano
Togakushi soba
Nagano Soba & Udon

Togakushi soba

Togakushi soba refers to soba (soba) in Togakushi (formerly Togakushi village), Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture. Along with wanko soba in Iwate Prefecture an...

Nagano
Koikoku
Nagano Local cuisine

Koikoku

Nagano Prefecture (especially Saku region) is an area where carp farming is thriving. Koi-koku is a stewed dish like miso soup, made by cutting carp into rin...

Yamanashi
Koshu wine beef
Yamanashi Meat dish

Koshu wine beef

Koshu wine beef is less oxidized than beef grown in conventional feed, resulting in a soft lean meat. On the other hand, it also reduces the smell of beef, m...