Japanese Cuisine - Tenpura

Chiba
Salted bamboo shoot tempura
Chiba Tenpura

Salted bamboo shoot tempura

“Salted bamboo shoot tempura” is a simple dish made by washing off the salt from salted bamboo shoots, seasoning them, and then making tempura. The bamboo shoots used in “salted...

Iwate
Kitakami croquette
Iwate Tenpura

Kitakami croquette

Kitakami croquettes are a local dish loved in Kitakami, Iwate Prefecture. The characteristic of these croquettes is that they use plenty of luxurious ingredients grown locally. ...

Saitama
Gyoda fly
Saitama Tenpura

Gyoda fly

Gyoda fry is a local dish that originated in Gyoda City, Saitama Prefecture, and is an okonomiyaki-style dish made by dissolving flour in water and grilling it on an iron plate....

Hyogo
Kakogawa Katsumeshi
Hyogo Tenpura

Kakogawa Katsumeshi

“Kakogawa Katsumeshi” is a local gourmet dish that continues to be loved mainly in Kakogawa City, Hyogo Prefecture. It was born in 1947, shortly after the war, in a cafeteria in...

Shizuoka
Deep-fried pork brown offal
Shizuoka Tenpura

Deep-fried pork brown offal

Pork tea motsukaraage is a frozen food for deep-fried chicken developed by Marumatsu Foods. High-quality “domestic motsu” is boiled together with Kikugawa's specialty tea to re...

Hokkaido
Zangi
Hokkaido Tenpura

Zangi

Zangi is a chicken dish that is popular in Hokkaido, which is pickled in ginger, soy sauce, and garlic sauce, and then deep-fried. However, when compared to karaage, Zangi is mo...

Okinawa
Deep-fried glukun
Okinawa Tenpura

Deep-fried glukun

Gurukun (Japanese name Takasago), which is also designated as Okinawa's prefectural fish, lives in warm waters south of Amami Oshima, and is a white fish caught all year round, ...

Toyama
White shrimp tempura
Toyama Tenpura

White shrimp tempura

Locally popular and sold as fresh food. The newly caught white shrimp has a light pinkish transparent body color and is called the “jewel of Toyama Bay” because it shines and re...

Tokushima
Fish cutlet
Tokushima Tenpura

Fish cutlet

“Fish cutlet” is made by adding curry powder, chili peppers, and seasonings to the surimi of white fish such as cutlass fish and perch caught in nearby waters, sprinkled with br...

Hiroshima
Oyster fly
Hiroshima Tenpura

Oyster fly

Speaking of oyster fried food, the first thing that comes to mind is Oyster Fry. After the crispy texture of the batter, the extract of juwa ~ kaki spreads throughout the mouth....

Miyazaki
Tempura in Obi
Miyazaki Tenpura

Tempura in Obi

It is a unique tempura made by combining fresh fish surimi landed on the Nichinan coast with handmade tofu, brown sugar, miso, and secret soup stock and deep-fried in oil. It ha...

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 soaked in a sauce bas...