Regional cuisine of Kyushu/Okinawa region
Tannafakleu
It is a simple baked confectionery made with brown sugar, flour, and eggs, invented by Jiro Tamanaha (Tannafa Giroux), who runs a confectionery dealer in Shu...
Manju
Manju is a manju with the word “no” written on a white skin, and it represents “noshi” and is useful as a lucky charm. The characteristic of “manju” is the ...
Moochie
The lunar calendar, 12/8, is a traditional event “Moochie Day” in Okinawa prefecture to pray for evil spirits and children's health. Moochi (demon mochi) is...
Pawpaw
Pawpaw is an Okinawan confectionery made by dissolving wheat flour in an appropriate amount of water, baked in a flat pan such as a frying pan, coated with o...
Open port roll cake
Sasebo Open Port Roll Cake is a popular sweet of “Sasebo ☆ Star Product” developed with the aim of becoming a new specialty product representing Sasebo. A c...
Rokubee (Rokubee)
Rokubei is a local dish handed down around the Shimabara Peninsula in Nagasaki prefecture and in Tsushima. It is a noodle dish in which noodles with sweet p...
Chinsuko
It is a baked confectionery made mainly of flour, lard, sugar, etc. The origin of chinsuko was a high-class confectionery eaten at the court during the Ryuk...
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...
Deep-fried mehikari
Mexicali is a small fish of about 5 to 15 cm caught at a depth of about 300 m in the Hyuga Nada Sea off the coast of Nobeoka City, and it has become called “...
Fish sashi (fish sakanazu)
Uozushi refers to mackerel sushi made from mackerel and horse mackerel, and is commonly referred to as mackerel zushi or horse mackerel zushi. It is a specia...
Kappo chicken (kappodori)
Takachiho in Miyazaki prefecture is known as a town of myths and legends. In this region, bamboo is called “kappo”. In the past, people used bamboo instead o...
Jumbo mochi (janbo-mochi)
“Janbomochi” is a dish that has been popular since ancient times in Kagoshima Prefecture, with two dango skewers made from freshly cooked mochi and glutinous...