Regional cuisine of Gifu region

Gifu
Gohei Mochi

Gohei Mochi

Goheimochi is a local dish that has been popular since ancient times in the mountainous areas of Gifu and Nagano prefectures. Lightly eat glutinous rice and ...

Gifu
Chicken
Gifu Meat dish

Chicken

Chicken is a local dish that used to be eaten on Obon and New Year's days in the Okumino region (Gero City and Gujo City) of Gifu Prefecture. It is said tha...

Gifu
Magnolia leaf miso

Magnolia leaf miso

In the Hida region, magnolia leaves that have fallen in the fall have been collected and used as cooking utensils. Magnolia trees are large deciduous broa...

Gifu
Ayu confectionary

Ayu confectionary

Ayu confectionary is a famous confectionary from Gifu in the shape of sweetfish swimming in the Nagara River, wrapped in castella dough. Gifu prefecture is ...

Gifu
Kurikinton

Kurikinton

Kurikinton is a local confectionary with ties to Gifu's Mino region. It is a simple, heartwarming chestnut confectionary made by combining chestnuts and a li...

Gifu
Kusamochi

Kusamochi

Kusamochi (kusamochi) is a popular confectionary known as a specialty of Kaizu City. The richly flavored mochi dough made with natural wormwood has a strong...

Gifu
Misogi dango

Misogi dango

Miso dango is a traditional confectionary from Hashima City. It is a simple dish made by wrapping koshian in rice flour dumpling dough, putting it on 2 skewe...

Gifu
Water manju

Water manju

Since ancient times, Ogaki has been blessed with rich groundwater and is known as the “City of Water.” “Water manju” was created in the latter half of the Me...

Gifu
Tsukemono steak

Tsukemono steak

Tsukemono steak is a local dish from the Hida region of Gifu prefecture. The normal way to eat tsukemono is often to eat it as it is, but in Hida Takayama, G...

Gifu
Mitarashi dango

Mitarashi dango

Mitarashi dango are skewer dango topped with kudzu bean paste, a sugar soy sauce, which is widely popular in Gifu prefecture. Most of them are sweet sauces,...

Gifu
Hida beef
Gifu Meat dish

Hida beef

The pure water of the Northern Alps and rice straw grown in that water, clear air, day and night temperature difference, farmers' affection, etc., Hida beef ...

Gifu
Kakamigahara Kimchi

Kakamigahara Kimchi

Kakamigahara Kimchi is a specialty dish of Hamigahara, which is characterized by the fact that it contains a special product of Kakamigahara city “carrot” an...