Japanese Cuisine - Local cuisine

Shizuoka
Iwata Omoro Curry
Shizuoka Local cuisine

Iwata Omoro Curry

In the Enshu region, “pork foot” has been called “omoro” since ancient times. The etymology is uncertain, but it is said that it comes from the Ryukyu word “omoro.” It has take...

Shizuoka
Shizuoka Oden
Shizuoka Local cuisine

Shizuoka Oden

The main feature of “Shizuoka Oden” is that the soup is “black” and the seeds of the oden are stuck on the skewers. The reason why Shizuoka oden soup is black is because each sh...

Mie
Oishi-yaki
Mie Local cuisine

Oishi-yaki

Oishiyaki is a rice cracker with a simple flavor made by kneading the ingredients in hot spring water to make “katayaki.” It is a handmade rice cracker that has continued since...

Mie
Henba mochi
Mie Local cuisine

Henba mochi

Henba-mochi is a mochi confectionary manufactured and sold by the long-established Japanese confectionary store “Henbaya Shoten” in Ise City, Mie Prefecture. The round, flat mo...

Mie
Taiko Shusse Mochi
Mie Local cuisine

Taiko Shusse Mochi

Taiko Shusemochi is a Japanese confectionary made with freshly made red bean paste cooked to an elegant sweetness, and each walnut is carefully hand-baked by hand. This mochi, ...

Hyogo
Himeji Oden
Hyogo Local cuisine

Himeji Oden

In Himeji, we eat oden with ginger soy sauce. The way to eat “Oden to eat with ginger soy sauce” is called Himeji Oden. There are ways to eat ginger soy sauce from the top, and...

Mie
Sawamochi
Mie Local cuisine

Sawamochi

Sawamochi is a specialty confectionary from the Ise-Shima region of Mie Prefecture. It's a simple mochi made by cutting a thin layer of noshimochi into a square (almost square),...

Mie
Kojiro mochi
Mie Local cuisine

Kojiro mochi

Kamishiro mochi is a bite-sized mochi with moderately sweet tsubuan in the grass mochi made from natural mugwort. Jindai mochi, which has a refreshing scent of grass, brings ou...

Shizuoka
Mishima croquette
Shizuoka Local cuisine

Mishima croquette

Mishima croquettes are croquettes made from Mishima potatoes (make-in) harvested at the western foot of Hakone. The inside is a moist and sweet croquette. The arrangement of th...

Shizuoka
Abekawa mochi
Shizuoka Local cuisine

Abekawa mochi

Abekawa-mochi (abekawa-mochi) is freshly made mochi sprinkled with soybean flour mixed with sugar, and is a local dish from the Chubu region centered around Shizuoka City. The ...

Shizuoka
Eggs are fluffy
Shizuoka Local cuisine

Eggs are fluffy

“Egg fuwafuwa” is a dish that appeared in the Edo period document “Sendai Shimomuko Nikki,” and is said to have been served for breakfast by guests at Otawaki Honjin in Fukuroi-...

Shizuoka
black hanpen
Shizuoka Local cuisine

black hanpen

Black hanpen is a paste made by making mackerel, mackerel, sardines, etc. as surimi and boiled. The shape is semicircular and the color is gray. It is a local specialty of Yaizu...