Japanese Cuisine - Local cuisine

Saitama
Saitama Satoimo
Saitama Local cuisine

Saitama Satoimo

Taro is also composed in the poems of Manyoshu. It is an essential ingredient in Japanese food culture since ancient times, but Saitama Prefecture has the highest crop yield of ...

Okinawa
Okinawa Miyakojima Mango
Okinawa Local cuisine

Okinawa Miyakojima Mango

Miyakojima is a remote island in Okinawa and is a subtropical island located approximately the same latitude as Miami, Florida. The mango grown in the light of the strong tropi...

Kochi
Kirazumochi
Kochi Local cuisine

Kirazumochi

Okara, which is a byproduct of tofu making, can be eaten throughout Japan and is called “Unohana”, “Kiram”, “Karasu”, and “Oama”. The name “kirido” comes from “cutting” which yo...

Oita
Yudochi
Oita Local cuisine

Yudochi

In the past, Oita Prefecture had many areas where it was poorly drained, and the cultivation of wheat was thriving because it was not suitable for rice cultivation where water n...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Kanagawa
Daisen tofu
Kanagawa Local cuisine

Daisen tofu

Daisen tofu was created by people visiting Daisenji Temple in Isehara, Kanagawa Prefecture during the Edo period. Nigari is 100% silk tofu, and there are inns and tofu restauran...

Kagoshima
Soramame
Kagoshima Local cuisine

Soramame

Kagoshima Prefecture is the first place in Japan with a large separation of other prefectures, both in the area of plantings and the amount of shipping. It is characterized by ...