Japanese Cuisine - Local cuisine

Okinawa
Irabou soup
Okinawa Local cuisine

Irabou soup

Irabou refers to “elabu sea snake”, and irabou soup is a traditional Okinawan dish using this sea snake. The caught irabou is a dish made from island tofu, pork, kelp, wild gra...

Okinawa
Chillager
Okinawa Local cuisine

Chillager

Chillager is one of the traditional dishes of Okinawa prefecture that has many dishes using pork. It refers to the irony of the “chillager” face in the Okinawan dialect. It ha...

Okinawa
Sater under Ghee
Okinawa Local cuisine

Sater under Ghee

Sata under gi is a traditional deep-fried confectionery in Okinawa prefecture. In the Okinawan dialect, “sater” refers to sugar, “anda” refers to oil, and “agi” refers to fryin...

Okinawa
Tannafakleu
Okinawa Local cuisine

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 Shuri Masashi Town in M...

Okinawa
Manju
Okinawa Local cuisine

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 unique scent of moon...

Okinawa
Moochie
Okinawa Local cuisine

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 a mochi that is eat...

Okinawa
Pawpaw
Okinawa Local cuisine

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 oil miso, and rolled ...

Nagasaki
Open port roll cake
Nagasaki Local cuisine

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 coffee flavored spong...

Miyagi
Fish squirt
Miyagi Local cuisine

Fish squirt

Sea squirt is a marine product rich in minerals from the sea, called “sea pineapple” because of its shape. The production volume in Miyagi prefecture is the number one in Japan...

Miyagi
Hatto
Miyagi Local cuisine

Hatto

“Hatto” is a local dish in the northern part of the prefecture made by kneading flour Add water to the flour, knead well until it is hard about the earlobe, let it sit for a su...

Tochigi
Shinko manju
Tochigi Local cuisine

Shinko manju

Shinkomanju are made to serve as offerings to the Hatsuuma Festival held in February of the lunar calendar at Ippeizuka Inari Shrine in Tanuma-cho, Sano City. “Shinko” not only...

Ibaraki
Mukago gohan
Ibaraki Local cuisine

Mukago gohan

It's cooked rice from Mukago. “Mukago” is a small bud (shiyuga) formed at the base of leaves such as Japanese oysters and natural yam (dioscorea), and Ibaraki prefecture is famo...