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Yamaguchi
Kawara soba

Kawara soba

Kawara soba is a unique style of local cuisine born at Kawatana Onsen in Toyoura Town, Shimonoseki City, Yamaguchi Prefecture. It is a gorgeous dish of flavourful tea noodles kn...

Hyogo
Kakogawa Katsumeshi

Kakogawa Katsumeshi

“Kakogawa Katsumeshi” is a local gourmet dish that continues to be loved mainly in Kakogawa City, Hyogo Prefecture. It was born in 1947, shortly after the war, in a cafeteria in...

Kyoto
Tango barazushi

Tango barazushi

Tango barazushi is a dish deeply linked to the local climate, and the natural environment and people's lives of the Tango Peninsula had a major impact on its birth. The Tango Pe...

Iwate
Morioka cold noodles

Morioka cold noodles

Morioka cold noodles are a cold noodle dish that originated in Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture, and is a local gourmet created based on traditional cold noodles from the Korean P...

Tottori
Beef bone ramen

Beef bone ramen

Beef bone ramen is a local ramen from Tottori prefecture, characterized by a soup made with beef bones, which is rare even in the whole country. It is a traditional flavor that ...

Aomori
Rice cracker soup

Rice cracker soup

Senbei-jiru is a local dish that has been popular since ancient times, mainly in the southern part of Aomori Prefecture, and is particularly representative in Hachinohe City. Th...

Ibaraki
Mito Domain ramen

Mito Domain ramen

Mito Domain ramen is a local ramen from Mito City, Ibaraki Prefecture, and is a reproduction of the ramen that Tokugawa Mitsuyoshi (Mito Komon), who is said to have eaten the fi...

Ibaraki
Tofu miso ramen

Tofu miso ramen

Tofu miso ramen is a local ramen representative of northern Ibaraki prefecture. Shredded tofu and plenty of green onions are used as ingredients, and along with the mellow miso ...

Ehime
popo

popo

Popo is a fruit of the Banreishi family native to North America. It is also called Akebigaki because its appearance resembles a persimmon and its flesh and seeds resemble persim...

Okinawa
Coconut crab

Coconut crab

Coconut crab is one of the world's largest terrestrial hermit crabs that live in parts of Okinawa, especially around Miyako Island. They have scissors that are strong enough to ...

Okayama
Kibidango

Kibidango

Okayama prefecture is a peach producing area, so Okayama is famous as a place related to the Japanese folktale “Momotaro”. Kibidango became popular as an auspicious food that b...

Niigata
Nagaoka ramen

Nagaoka ramen

Nagaoka ramen is a local ramen representative of Nagaoka City, Niigata Prefecture, and is also known as “Nagaoka ginger soy sauce ramen.” The biggest characteristic of this rame...