Japanese Cuisine - Local cuisine

Wakayama
Yakimochi
Wakayama Local cuisine

Yakimochi

It is said that “Kamikishiya,” which is said to be the origin of Koyasan's specialty yakimochi, became popular for its salt yakimochi baked by an old woman at the time of Koyasa...

Wakayama
Kinzanji miso
Wakayama Local cuisine

Kinzanji miso

Kinzanji miso is a mellow and soft edible miso produced in Wakayama prefecture where cucumber, eggplant, shiso, ginger and koji are prepared together, and fermented and aged. Si...

Wakayama
Umeboshi
Wakayama Local cuisine

Umeboshi

Plums in Wakayama prefecture rank first in Japan in terms of cultivation area (5,620 hectares (Heisei 21)) and shipment volume (68,800 tons (Heisei 21)), and are one of the pref...

Wakayama
Kushikaki
Wakayama Local cuisine

Kushikaki

Kushikaki making began in Shigo about 400 years ago, and the dry and cold wind blowing down from the foot of Mt. Izumi is ideal for making kushikaki, and kushikaki making has be...

Wakayama
Jabara
Wakayama Local cuisine

Jabara

Jabara is a phantom citrus that grew only one naturally in Kitayama-mura, Wakayama prefecture. Its major characteristics are its unique aroma and acidity, and that it contains a...

Saga
Ariake Sea Cuisine
Saga Local cuisine

Ariake Sea Cuisine

Countless rivers flow into the Ariake Sea, which straddles Kumamoto prefecture, Saga prefecture, Fukuoka prefecture, and Nagasaki prefecture, and is regarded as a nutritious sea...

Saga
Shoro manju
Saga Local cuisine

Shoro manju

Shoro manju is one of the sweets that represent Karatsu. It is said that it was named because it resembles the shape of truffle that grows naturally in Niji no Matsubara in Kara...

Saga
Kure tofu
Saga Local cuisine

Kure tofu

In general tofu, soy milk is made into a solid substance using bittern, but in godofu, soy milk is mixed with crumbs and starch and heated to coagulate. Due to the stickiness of...

Saga
Matsubara Okoshi
Saga Local cuisine

Matsubara Okoshi

It is an old-fashioned handmade rice confectionery with plenty of brown sugar sprinkled on the surface of the revitalization, named after “Niji no Matsubara,” one of Japan's top...

Saga
Ikashumai
Saga Local cuisine

Ikashumai

Yobuko's specialty “Ikashumai”, one of Kyushu's representative souvenirs, originated in the kitchen of the underwater restaurant Manbo. It started when it was served at the unde...

Saga
Boiled ara
Saga Local cuisine

Boiled ara

Karatsu Kunchi is the annual autumn festival of Karatsu Shrine in Karatsu City, Saga Prefecture, and it is a grand festival with gratitude for the harvest. While men from the to...

Saga
Funankogui
Saga Local cuisine

Funankogui

In the Saga Plain that spreads over Saga prefecture, there are many funas that have been stretched over and over again by waterways breeding. “Funankogui” is a live funa wrapped...