Japanese Cuisine - Local cuisine
Agar dishes
Agar culture is rooted in Akita prefecture, and when you visit, you can enjoy agar dishes everywhere. Agar is a food that has been valued for a long time because it can be stor...
Nanbu senbei
It is a type of senbei made by making dough with flour and water, dipped in sesame seeds and peanuts, and baked. Aomori and Iwate prefectures are the main production and consum...
Five family treasures (Gokaho)
Kumagaya's “Five Family Treasures” are said to be one of the three major confections in Saitama, along with Soka senbei senbei and Kawagoe sweet potato sweets, with the fragrant...
Eel dishes in Narita
The area around Naritasan Omotesando, where Naritasan Shinshoji Temple is located, is a “town of eels” where eel shops are concentrated, which is rare nationwide. There are man...
Bamboo dumplings (Sasa dango)
Famous as a specialty of Niigata prefecture, “Sasa dango” is a ball-shaped dumpling made by wrapping mugwort dumplings with bean paste in bamboo leaves and tied at both ends wit...
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 good fortune,” it is in...
Shikishiki
Shikishiki is one of the snacks usually eaten in Katsuragi Taima and Shinjo, and it is a snack that feels like a crepe. It is made by thinly spreading locally produced wheat and...
Wakasakura no oyaki
The “Wakasa Shrine Grand Festival,” which is held at the beginning of May every year, has a history of about 400 years, and the “Wakasamatsuri” held on May 3 every two years fea...
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 specialty in the coastal a...
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 of a bowl to boil wat...
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 rice flour and topp...