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Hokkaido
Ikameshi

Ikameshi

Famous local dishes from Hakodate and Oshima regions. It is said that “ikameshi” was invented as an ekiben of Mori Station on the Hakodate Main Line, as rice shortages in food c...

Hokkaido
Bibai Yakitori

Bibai Yakitori

Bibai is located halfway between Sapporo and Asahikawa City. The western region is a lowland belonging to the Ishikari Plain and is famous as one of the best granaries in Hokkai...

Hokkaido
Tondon

Tondon

Since the end of the Meiji period, the pig farming industry began in the Tokachi region, and pork has been popular to eat. Obihiro City in the Tokachi region, where the pig farm...

Hokkaido
Zangi

Zangi

Zangi is a chicken dish that is popular in Hokkaido, which is pickled in ginger, soy sauce, and garlic sauce, and then deep-fried. However, when compared to karaage, Zangi is mo...

Tokyo
Tsukishima Monja

Tsukishima Monja

When baking on a teppan, from where you wrote letters with tane, “character yaki” → “monjayaki” came from... It is a dish in which flour is melted in water and poured over a hot...

Tokyo
Negima Nabe

Negima Nabe

It is a regional dish of Edo where green onions and tuna are boiled in warishita (soy sauce, sake, misho, and soup stock), such as sukiyaki. It is still favored by the common pe...

Tokyo
Chanko nabe (chankonabe)

Chanko nabe (chankonabe)

Ryogoku, known as the town of sumo, is home to Ryogoku Kokugikan, famous for sumo, and is said to be the sacred place of “chanko nabe.” Chanko nabe (chankonabe) is a hot pot di...

Tokyo
Shima-zushi

Shima-zushi

Use shiira, medallis, alea, camellia, amberjack, and bonito caught on the island. Soy sauce is soaked in soy sauce, and vinegared rice is used with sugar and strong sweetness. U...

Tokyo
Yanagawa nabe (Yanagawa nabe)

Yanagawa nabe (Yanagawa nabe)

Yanagawa nabe (Yanagawa nabe) is a hot pot dish born in Edo that uses loaches. Like “doze-nabe”, it is a loach hot pot dish, but it is often distinguished from the general doze...

Gifu
Ayu confectionary

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...

Gifu
Kurikinton

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...

Gifu
Kusamochi

Kusamochi

Kusamochi (kusamochi) is a popular confectionary known as a specialty of Kaizu City. The richly flavored mochi dough made with natural wormwood has a strong scent of mugwort, a...