Japanese Cuisine - Local cuisine

Fukui
Powdered seaweed
Fukui Local cuisine

Powdered seaweed

“Peach seaweed” is a natural natural food made by drying the best natural seaweed from the sea near Tojinbo in Fukui prefecture, dried in the sun and loosened by hand. In the e...

Fukui
Kumagawa waste
Fukui Local cuisine

Kumagawa waste

As for Kumagawa kuzu, kudzu from Kumagawa has become so popular that the Confucian scholar Rai Sanyo from the Edo period commented in a letter that “Kumagawa is more elegant tha...

Toyama
White shrimp burger
Toyama Local cuisine

White shrimp burger

Toyama's representative seafood, white shrimp, is designated as “Toyama Prefecture's fish” along with firefly squid and yellowtail. The meat is sweet and has a texture that mel...

Fukui
Koshi no Ruby
Fukui Local cuisine

Koshi no Ruby

“Koshi no Ruby” is the brand name for midi tomatoes produced in Fukui prefecture. The variety “Koshi no Ruby,” which is the source of this brand name, was cultivated at Fukui P...

Fukui
Oblong kelp
Fukui Local cuisine

Oblong kelp

The difference between “oboro kombu” and “tororo kombu,” which is thinly processed kombu, is the difference in how to shave it. For grated kelp, many pieces of kelp are pressed...

Fukui
Punch beans
Fukui Local cuisine

Punch beans

In the past, in Fukui, it was difficult to obtain rich eating habits under snowy weather conditions, so there were many ways to make good use of harvested ingredients. Uchimame...

Fukui
Fukui plum
Fukui Local cuisine

Fukui plum

Fukui plum cultivation has a long history, and it is said that it originated in Wakasa Town (formerly Mikata Town Irazumi) during the Tenpo era (1830-1844) in the Edo period. P...

Toyama
Firefly squid mixed with vinegar and miso
Toyama Local cuisine

Firefly squid mixed with vinegar and miso

Firefly squid mixed with vinegar and miso is a typical spring dish in Toyama. Firefly squid live in deep water, but around March they gather along the Toyama Bay coast to lay e...

Toyama
Kelp marinating
Toyama Local cuisine

Kelp marinating

Kombuzaki is a dish created by combining kombu from Hokkaido brought by Kitamaebune in the Edo period with fish caught in Toyama Bay. Kombu is used as a means of preserving raw...

Toyama
Kurehanashi
Toyama Local cuisine

Kurehanashi

Kureha pears are a brand pear representing Toyama prefecture cultivated in the Kureha district. In order to protect the fruit from diseases and pests, a typical pear farmer per...

Toyama
Fish paste
Toyama Local cuisine

Fish paste

Toyama fish paste is represented by “swirling fish paste” such as kelp rolls, etc., and its origin also comes from cooking (cooking), and it has been devised so that people can ...

Toyama
Crafted fish paste
Toyama Local cuisine

Crafted fish paste

Another thing that is attracting attention when it comes to Toyama fish paste is “zaiku fish paste.” It is colored surimi molded into sea bream, cranes, shochikubai, etc., and i...