Japanese Cuisine - 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...
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...
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 ...
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-...
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...
Barappa Manju
Barappa Manju is made from ancient times in the Hokuso region of Chiba Prefecture, and is eaten on summer festivals and on the day of Hare. By the end of wheat fall, grind the h...
Matsumae pickled
It is a local dish using kelp, a specialty of Hokkaido Matsumae region. It is a preserved food with herring roe, surume and kelp marinated in soy sauce. It is often eaten locall...
Ayu confectionary
Ayu confectionary is a famous confectionary from Gifu in the shape of sweetfish swimming in the Nagara River, wrapped in castella dough. Gifu prefecture is called Hiyama concen...
Kurikinton
Kurikinton is a local confectionary with ties to Gifu's Mino region. It is a simple, heartwarming chestnut confectionary made by combining chestnuts and a little sugar and finis...