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Yamanashi
Raw yuba

Raw yuba

“Raw yuba” is a coating on the surface of soy milk made by boiling soybeans, grinding them, and squeezing them with a cloth, and is a local specialty of Minobu Town. It originat...

Shiga
Amenooio meal

Amenooio meal

Amenoio rice (trout rice) is cooked rice using one whole loquat trout, which is an endemic species of Lake Biwa, which reaches spawning season in the fall, and was made in a lar...

Shiga
Decchi Yokan

Decchi Yokan

“Do-chi-yokan” is a yokan made by mixing flour with adzuki bean paste and sugar, which is a local specialty of Shiga Prefecture, and steaming it, and is characterized by being w...

Shiga
Grilled mackerel somen

Grilled mackerel somen

“Mackerel somen” is a local dish eaten throughout the prefecture, mainly in the Kohoku region of Shiga prefecture. It is a dish in which grilled mackerel is boiled in and entwi...

Shiga
Pickled Japanese vegetables

Pickled Japanese vegetables

It has a long history, and it is said that it originated when Gamo Sadahide, the lord of Otowa Castle in the Muromachi period, discovered Japanese vegetables during a Gamo pilgr...

Shiga
Ibuki soba

Ibuki soba

The Ibuki region is said to be the birthplace of Japanese soba cultivation. It is blessed with a high-cold climate environment that is most suitable for growing soba, and Ibuki ...

Shiga
Hashiriimochi

Hashiriimochi

Once upon a time, Oiwake was crowded with many travelers traveling along the Tokaido as the gateway to the capital of Kyoto. The surrounding area was lined with teahouses. Hash...

Tokushima
Boze no Sugata Sushi

Boze no Sugata Sushi

Boze is a warthog in Tokushima dialect, and it is a saltwater fish that has no peculiar flavor and has fatty white meat that is delicious. It is often popular in Tokushima pref...

Tokushima
Bamboo chikuwa

Bamboo chikuwa

“Bamboo chikuwa” is one of Tokushima Prefecture's soul foods. What's the difference between a normal chikuwa and a normal chikuwa? In other words, they are sold with the bamboo...

Tokushima
Awa wasanbon sugar

Awa wasanbon sugar

Wasanbon sugar is one of the few domestically produced sugars that are produced traditionally even now without much use of machines, etc. using sugar corn called “bamboo sugar” ...

Tokushima
Naruto sea bream

Naruto sea bream

Red seabream is also known as the “king of fish.” Among them, red sea bream caught in the fast-moving Naruto Strait is a first-class product. The Naruto Sea is characterized by...

Tokushima
Fish cutlet

Fish cutlet

“Fish cutlet” is made by adding curry powder, chili peppers, and seasonings to the surimi of white fish such as cutlass fish and perch caught in nearby waters, sprinkled with br...