Regional cuisine of Kumamoto region
Kumamoto horse sashimi
A long-established horse meat restaurant located in Kamedori, the center of Kumamoto. We offer horse sashimi using fresh horse meat raised at our farm and lo...
Takamori Dengaku
Dengaku is a historical local dish that has been eaten for about 700 to 800 years ago. As a commitment, the condiments contained in Dengaku miso are applied...
Makigaki (makigaki)
A traditional food handed down in Yamato-cho, Kamimashiki-gun, in the Uki district, famous for producing dried persimmons. With the meaning of “waking up goo...
suddenly dumpling
It is a traditional Kumamoto local confectionery with a rustic flavor made from flour kneaded and stretched, steamed with sweet potato and grain bean paste w...
Kumamoto ramen
This ramen was propagated from Kurume City, Fukuoka Prefecture, the birthplace of Tonkotsu ramen, through Tamana City, Kumamoto Prefecture, to Kumamoto City ...
Baraki Shiitake
Cultivation of raw trees from Kumamoto Prefecture Shiitake mushrooms are grown by cutting down trees such as oak and other trees by putting seeds into scallo...
bone gnawing
The 'bone-kajiri' is a local dish in the Hitoyoshi and Kuma regions, especially in Okukuma (Kamikuma/Yunomae-machi, Taragi-cho, and Mizuki-mura). For cookin...
Horse meat soba
Kumamoto Prefecture is ranked No. 1 in Japan for horse meat production (Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries in 2019). It is also called 'cherry m...
Shak tempura
The summer taste of Kumamoto, shaku (majaku), is officially called 'anajako,' and lives in deep burrows in tidal flats such as the Yatsushiro and Arao region...