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Kanagawa
Odawara fish paste

Odawara fish paste

“Odawara fish paste,” a specialty of Odawara City, Kanagawa Prefecture, is a traditional kneaded product with a history of over 220 years. Its origin dates back to the Tenmei pe...

Ibaraki
Tsukikenchin soba

Tsukikenchin soba

Ibaraki Prefecture's local dish “tsuke kenchin soba” is a heartwarming dish that combines flavourful soba with plenty of ingredients and kenchin soup. In Ibaraki prefecture, the...

Akita
Gibasa

Gibasa

“Gibasa,” which is popular as a local food in Akita Prefecture, is a type of red amoku, which is a seaweed in the Brassaceae family. It is characterized by its strong stickiness...

Iwate
Tono Genghis Khan

Tono Genghis Khan

The specialty “Tono Genghis Khan” from Tono City, Iwate Prefecture, is known as a local dish using mutton, and is loved by tourists and locals. After the war, in Showa 22, Mr. A...

Akita
Junsai

Junsai

Mitane in Akita Prefecture is known as the number one producer of junsai in Japan. Junsai is a perennial aquatic plant in the water lily family. It grows naturally in clean swam...

Hyogo
Kobe croquettes

Kobe croquettes

“Kobe croquettes,” which originated in Kobe City, Hyogo Prefecture, are luxurious croquettes using high-quality potatoes and carefully selected ingredients. Kobe is known as one...

Akita
Kiritanpo

Kiritanpo

“Kiritanpo nabe,” a traditional local dish from Akita Prefecture, is a hot pot dish made by grinding cooked non-glutinous rice, wrapping a cedar stick around the tip, and grilli...

Hyogo
jabu-shabu

jabu-shabu

The local dish “jabu” from Shinonsen-cho, Mikata-gun, Hyogo prefecture is a home-cooked dish made by simmering chicken, tofu, konnyaku noodles, burdock root, onions, etc. in soy...

Nara
Narazuke

Narazuke

Narazuke (narazuke) is a traditional fermented food born in Nara, the oldest capital in Japan. This tsukemono, which was developed as a preserved food during the Heijokyo era, i...

Shimane
Kashiwa mochi

Kashiwa mochi

“Kashiwa mochi,” which is popular all over Shimane prefecture, is a traditional Japanese confectionary made at Tango Festival and events called “mud removal” after rice planting...

Saitama
Chichibu soba

Chichibu soba

There are many soba restaurants in the Chichibu region of Saitama Prefecture. Although each has its own personality, it can be said that the quality is very high in terms of tex...

Okinawa
Deep-fried Gurukun

Deep-fried Gurukun

“Gurukun's fried chicken,” which is popular as a local dish of Okinawa Prefecture, is a dish that uses Gurukun (Japanese name: Japanese name: takasago), the prefectural fish of ...