Japanese Cuisine - Local cuisine

Nagasaki
Entrance zenzai
Nagasaki Local cuisine

Entrance zenzai

The origin goes back to the old naval era, and it seems that it expresses the labor of a long voyage and the joy of returning to the home where the family waits. At that time, s...

Nagasaki
Navy's beef stew
Nagasaki Local cuisine

Navy's beef stew

It is a menu related to the Navy that Togo Heihachiro, who also served as the seventh commander of the Sasebo Chinjufu, fell in love with while studying in England. In Sasebo, i...

Nagasaki
Unzen Jigoku Onsen Tamago
Nagasaki Local cuisine

Unzen Jigoku Onsen Tamago

Eggs steamed in a steamer for 7 to 10 minutes using the steam of Unzen Jigoku, which smells of sulfur and white plumes, have a unique taste in hot springs, and are indispensable...

Nagasaki
Stone-grilled dishes
Nagasaki Local cuisine

Stone-grilled dishes

It is a local dish where a special rock called quartz porphyry is heated and fresh seafood is grilled on top of it. It is said that it originally began when local fishermen gril...

Nagasaki
Yusenpei
Nagasaki Local cuisine

Yusenpei

A souvenir from Unzen is hot water senpei. Yusenpei is a slightly sweet, crispy, wafer-like confectionery made by adding hot spring water to flour, sugar, eggs, and baking soda....

Kumamoto
Karashi root
Kumamoto Local cuisine

Karashi root

The texture of the squishy lotus root and its spiciness because it always goes out into the nose. It is a food that is widely used in Kumamoto Prefecture mainly as a liquor dish...

Kumamoto
Takamori Dengaku
Kumamoto Local cuisine

Takamori Dengaku

Dengaku is a historical local dish that has been eaten for about 700 to 800 years ago. As a commitment, the condiments contained in Dengaku miso are applied to the sun and have...

Nagasaki
Kankoromochi
Nagasaki Local cuisine

Kankoromochi

Kankoromochi is a specialty of the Goto Islands in Nagasaki prefecture. “Kankoro” is a dialect of the Goto region where sweet potatoes are thinly sliced and sun-dried. Kankoro m...

Akita
Hanazushi
Akita Local cuisine

Hanazushi

It is a pickled eggplant peculiar to Akita prefecture. Edible chrysanthemums, chili peppers, and glutinous rice are stuffed in eggplant and soaked in koji. It is characterized b...

Akita
Butter mochi
Akita Local cuisine

Butter mochi

Butter mochi is a confectionery made by adding glutinous rice soaked in water overnight, adding other ingredients (butter, flour, egg yolk, sugar, etc.) and mixing. By adding bu...

Akita
Cherries in Sanseki
Akita Local cuisine

Cherries in Sanseki

The Miseki district of Yuzawa City is known as a cherry producing area, and is a fertile land with temperature differences. An alluvial fan has developed under the fault cliff, ...

Akita
Black ore curry
Akita Local cuisine

Black ore curry

A rare curry called black ore curry was born in a dish made by the head chef of the Bronze Museum based on the image of black ore gemstones as a dish that makes use of the fact ...