Japanese Cuisine - Local cuisine

Ibaraki
Taganemochi
Ibaraki Local cuisine

Taganemochi

Tagane Mochi is a local dish that is widely eaten in Ibaraki Prefecture, mainly in the southern part of Ibaraki Prefecture. In the southern part of Ibaraki Prefecture, it is a g...

Okinawa
Let's Tofu (Tang Fuyo)
Okinawa Local cuisine

Let's Tofu (Tang Fuyo)

Tofu is a delicacy in Okinawa's unique delicacy made with only natural ingredients. It is a phantom food only for the princes and aristocrats that appeared as a court dish of th...

Chiba
Chiba soft ice cream
Chiba Local cuisine

Chiba soft ice cream

Did you know that the cradle of soft ice cream is China? It has a history of 4000 years. There are also people who don't want to pin a soft ice cream in Chiba? But Chiba Prefect...

Ibaraki
Mito Natto
Ibaraki Local cuisine

Mito Natto

No one knows Mito natto right now, right? Ibaraki is more than a fermented food representative of Japan. In 1083, when MINAMOTO no Yoshiie stayed at a mansion in Mito City on th...

Oita
Kujaku
Oita Local cuisine

Kujaku

Kujaku, which is handed down to Saiki City, is a boiled egg with red colored white meat, wrapped in green white fish and deep-fried. When cut in half, it got this name because i...

Niigata
mackerel sand
Niigata Local cuisine

mackerel sand

A simple menu with plenty of greasy mackerel, fried with pepper, and added lettuce and onion slices, is a mackerel sandwich that became a local gourmet of Kashiwazaki City. If y...

Tottori
sand dunes
Tottori Local cuisine

sand dunes

Dune Nagaimo, a representative of Tottori Prefecture, is grown in the sand dunes of central Tottori Prefecture, and is characterized by its crispy, crunchy, and straight length....

Okayama
denim bun
Okayama Local cuisine

denim bun

The Kojima district in Kurashiki, Okayama Prefecture is the birthplace of domestic jeans. Kurashiki Denim Street in Kurashiki Bikan district offers denim products from Kojima, a...

Chiba
Chiba peanut
Chiba Local cuisine

Chiba peanut

The growth of peanut production in Sammu City, Chiba Prefecture seems to be because there are a lot of volcanic ash in this area and it was not suitable for other crops. The cha...

Miyazaki
Tsuwabuki
Miyazaki Local cuisine

Tsuwabuki

It is a perennial plant of the family of chrysanaceae. It has a Japanese name for Tsuwabuki because of its leaves and resembles a fuki. It is widely planted as wild plants and g...

Yamanashi
Seisenryo Soft Serve
Yamanashi Local cuisine

Seisenryo Soft Serve

Speaking of soft ice cream, it became so famous that it was called “Seisenryo soft serve ice cream”. It is a soft serve ice cream of Seisenryo Jersey Hat, famous in Yamanashi Pr...

Okinawa
Ishigakijima pineapple
Okinawa Local cuisine

Ishigakijima pineapple

This pineapple has been grown on Ishigaki Island since ancient times and is often eaten by locals. It is characterized by its heavy weight and rounded shape. Hawaii seeds are ri...