Regional cuisine of Fukuoka region

Fukuoka
Yawata Gyoza
Fukuoka Local cuisine

Yawata Gyoza

Workers working at the government-run Yawata Steel Works had severe physical fatigue and preferred to eat foods that were cheap and had stamina. Also, with t...

Fukuoka
Yakitori

Yakitori

If you walk around the city at night in Fukuoka or Hakata, you will definitely encounter yakitori restaurants here and there. It is said that the number of y...

Fukuoka
Buzen crab
Fukuoka Seafood

Buzen crab

The Buzen Sea, which has large tidal flats with a large difference in tides and tides, boasts one of the largest catches of blue crab in Japan. Among them, o...

Fukuoka
Buzen sea one grain oyster
Fukuoka Seafood

Buzen sea one grain oyster

The “Buzen Sea One Grain Oyster,” which is named because it “takes time and effort to carefully polish the surface one by one and ship it with the shell atta...

Fukuoka
Steamed Yanagawa eel
Fukuoka Don dish

Steamed Yanagawa eel

Synonymous with Yanagawa is the atmosphere and scenery downstream and steamed eel. In Fukuoka, it is so famous that “speaking of eels is Yanagawa.” Unaju and...

Fukuoka
Mojiko grilled curry
Fukuoka Local cuisine

Mojiko grilled curry

The standard grilled curry is rice topped with curry, cheese, and eggs and baked in an oven, and the taste, appearance, and ingredients vary depending on the...

Fukuoka
Umegae mochi
Fukuoka Local cuisine

Umegae mochi

The chewy, thin dough is baked crisply, and the inside is plump cooked azuki beans from Tokachi. Tsubuan uses the auspicious donation salt (Amakusa salt), wh...

Fukuoka
Hakata Wagyu
Fukuoka Meat dish

Hakata Wagyu

Hakata Wagyu beef is wagyu beef purchased mainly from calf-producing areas in Kyushu and carefully raised for about 20 months by farmers registered as Hakata...

Fukuoka
Kashiwa rice onigiri
Fukuoka Local cuisine

Kashiwa rice onigiri

In northern Kyushu, chicken is called “kashiwa” and has been popular as an ingredient since ancient times. It is said that the spread of kashiwameshi was tri...

Fukuoka
Tagawa hormone
Fukuoka Meat dish

Tagawa hormone

Tagawa hormone nabe is a dish in which hormones seasoned with yakiniku sauce and a large amount of vegetables such as onions, cabbage, bean sprouts, and leek...

Fukuoka
Ashiyan squid
Fukuoka Seafood

Ashiyan squid

Hibiki Sea off the coast of Ashiya-cho is one of the leading fishing grounds for squid in western Japan. The spear squid, which is branded as “Ashiyan squid,...

Fukuoka
Kudzu Kiri
Fukuoka Local cuisine

Kudzu Kiri

Akizuki Honkudzu, which was praised when it was presented to the lord of the Akizuki Domain, a branch domain of the Kuroda Domain, and was also a gift to the...