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Tokushima
Handa somen

Handa somen

Handa, a town rich in nature, located in western Tokushima prefecture. Although it is a small town, there are many somen manufacturing plants, and it is known as a production ar...

Tokushima
Tokushima ramen

Tokushima ramen

Tokushima ramen is the local ramen of Tokushima Prefecture, which is now famous throughout the country. It was recently that the name “Tokushima ramen” has become popular, and i...

Tokushima
Naruto Udon (Naruto Udon)

Naruto Udon (Naruto Udon)

Naruto udon is very soft enough to cut easily with chopsticks because the noodles are thin with almost no koshi. The ingredients contain finely chopped green onions and chikuwa ...

Tokushima
Iya soba (buckwheat cut)

Iya soba (buckwheat cut)

Iya soba (soba kiri) is a thick soba made using traditional buckwheat flour that has been introduced from ancient times in the Iya region, which is a hidden village of Heike Och...

Kochi
Kokerazashi

Kokerazashi

Sushi culture is one of the most representative food cultures of Kochi Prefecture. There are a wide variety of variations, and not only common nigirizushi, but also “shizushi”, ...

Fukui
Peony hot pot

Peony hot pot

Peony nabe is a hot pot dish made by simmering wild boar meat and vegetables seasoned with miso etc. It is also said that the name came from the fact that thinly sliced meat is...

Fukui
Katsuyama oyaki

Katsuyama oyaki

“Oyaki” loved by Katsuyama citizens is a Japanese confectionary made by wrapping slightly sweet azuki bean paste in mochi kneaded with mugwort and baked until browned. The savo...

Fukui
Sake manju

Sake manju

Sake manju is one of the sweets representing the Three Kingdoms. “Sake manju,” which many people from Fukui know, is a traditional Japanese confectionary, and it is a food with...

Fukui
Kuzu manju

Kuzu manju

Kuzumanju is a simple manju that has been made since long ago in Obama, and is a simple Japanese confectionary made with koshian wrapped in kneaded kudzu. The taste of early su...

Fukui
Deep-fried tofu

Deep-fried tofu

Fukui prefecture has the highest consumption of deep-fried tofu in Japan. It seems that in Fukui, where the belief in the Jodo Shinshu sect is popular, dishes using deep-fried ...

Fukui
Oda tofu

Oda tofu

“Oto tofu” is made in the former town of Oda (Otacho, now Echizen Town) in Fukui Prefecture, and is a staple tofu in Fukui. There used to be 3 Oda tofu, but now the only thing ...

Fukui
Sesame tofu

Sesame tofu

The head temple of the Soto sect “Eiheiji” in Eiheiji-cho, Fukui Prefecture, is a grand and beautiful temple with 800 years of history and many important cultural properties. I...