Regional cuisine of Oita region

Oita
Cancer jiru

Cancer jiru

Ganjiru is a local dish of Usa made using crab (also called mokuzugani or zugani) caught in large and small rivers that flow through the Usa Plain from winte...

Oita
Gomadashi udon

Gomadashi udon

“Gomadashi” is a paste-like seasoning made by adding plenty of sesame seeds to mirin, soy sauce, and sugar by loosening the grilled fish called “eso,” which ...

Oita
Oita blowfish
Oita Seafood

Oita blowfish

The Bungo Channel has an abundance of favorite fugu foods such as abalone and turban, and the rapid current of the Kuroshio Current makes it a mess. It is a ...

Oita
Yukinko sushi
Oita Sushi

Yukinko sushi

The crispy daikon radish and the soft texture of thick shiitake mushrooms, a specialty of Oita, are unique, the sweetness of shiitake mushrooms and the sourn...

Oita
Hocho

Hocho

Boil noodles that are 2 meters long, made by hand-rolling flour, add soy sauce, mirin, etc. to a mixture of dried sardines, kelp, and shiitake mushrooms, and...

Oita
Ryukyu
Oita Seafood

Ryukyu

“Ryukyu” faces the Seto Inland Sea and is blessed with abundant seafood in Oita prefecture, where fresh fish fillets such as horse mackerel, yellowtail, and ...

Oita
Saeki sushi
Oita Sushi

Saeki sushi

The Bungo Channel, which is a complex rias coast, nurtures such a unique topography, is one of the leading fishing grounds in Japan, where the warm current K...

Oita
Yaseuma

Yaseuma

It is a local dish of Oita where kneaded flour is spread flat and boiled, sprinkled with kinako and sugar. It is the same noodle as dango soup. There is a tr...

Oita
Hita yakisoba

Hita yakisoba

Hita yakisoba is a local gourmet from Hita, Oita prefecture, where freshly boiled raw noodles are baked to the verge of burning, and seasoned with sauce alon...

Oita
Usa karaage
Oita Tenpura

Usa karaage

Karaage from Oita prefecture, where chicken consumption per person is said to be one of the highest in Japan, especially from Usa City and Nakatsu City, is s...

Oita
Misaki kakiage bowl
Oita Don dish

Misaki kakiage bowl

“Misaki Kakiage Don” is a bowl topped with 100% kakiage of fresh small shrimp (jaco shrimp) caught in the Buzen Sea, and shops that offer it as a permanent m...

Oita
Jigoku-steamed
Oita Seafood

Jigoku-steamed

“Jigoku-mushi”, which has continued since the Edo period, is a cooking method for steaming ingredients using the hot steam heat that erupts from the hot spri...