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Oita
Takada soba

Takada soba

Bungotakada soba has a major characteristic that it is cultivated twice a year in spring and autumn, and there is a season for new soba twice a year (July and November). In part...

Oita
Conger dishes

Conger dishes

The season for conger eel, which has been popular in Nakatsu since ancient times, is three times a year: summer, autumn, and winter. From being served raw with a gentle texture,...

Oita
Dango soup

Dango soup

Dango-jiru is a typical dish of Oita, where dumplings made by kneading flour and spreading them into strips are made with miso along with vegetables from the four seasons. It is...

Oita
Cancer jiru

Cancer jiru

Ganjiru is a local dish of Usa made using crab (also called mokuzugani or zugani) caught in large and small rivers that flow through the Usa Plain from winter to spring. Since i...

Oita
Gomadashi udon

Gomadashi udon

“Gomadashi” is a paste-like seasoning made by adding plenty of sesame seeds to mirin, soy sauce, and sugar by loosening the grilled fish called “eso,” which is caught throughout...

Oita
Oita blowfish

Oita blowfish

The Bungo Channel has an abundance of favorite fugu foods such as abalone and turban, and the rapid current of the Kuroshio Current makes it a mess. It is a deliciousness unique...

Oita
Yukinko sushi

Yukinko sushi

The crispy daikon radish and the soft texture of thick shiitake mushrooms, a specialty of Oita, are unique, the sweetness of shiitake mushrooms and the sourness of daikon, and t...

Oita
Hocho

Hocho

Boil noodles that are 2 meters long, made by hand-rolling flour, add soy sauce, mirin, etc. to a mixture of dried sardines, kelp, and shiitake mushrooms, and soak them in a soup...

Oita
Ryukyu

Ryukyu

“Ryukyu” faces the Seto Inland Sea and is blessed with abundant seafood in Oita prefecture, where fresh fish fillets such as horse mackerel, yellowtail, and amberjack are soaked...

Oita
Saeki sushi

Saeki sushi

The Bungo Channel, which is a complex rias coast, nurtures such a unique topography, is one of the leading fishing grounds in Japan, where the warm current Kuroshio Current coll...

Oita
Yaseuma

Yaseuma

It is a local dish of Oita where kneaded flour is spread flat and boiled, sprinkled with kinako and sugar. It is the same noodle as dango soup. There is a trick to how to stretc...

Oita
Hita yakisoba

Hita yakisoba

Hita yakisoba is a local gourmet from Hita, Oita prefecture, where freshly boiled raw noodles are baked to the verge of burning, and seasoned with sauce along with crispy bean s...

Kumamoto
Hinagu Chikuwa

Hinagu Chikuwa

It is said that Hinagu chikuwa began in Meiji 16 when bamboo was rolled up and rotated while baking it. The characteristic of Hinagu chikuwa is that it conveys the same taste as...

Oita
Usa karaage

Usa karaage

Karaage from Oita prefecture, where chicken consumption per person is said to be one of the highest in Japan, especially from Usa City and Nakatsu City, is soaked in a sauce bas...

Oita
Misaki kakiage bowl

Misaki kakiage bowl

“Misaki Kakiage Don” is a bowl topped with 100% kakiage of fresh small shrimp (jaco shrimp) caught in the Buzen Sea, and shops that offer it as a permanent menu will be certifie...

Kumamoto
Korean candy

Korean candy

“Korean candy” is the oldest venerable traditional confectionery in Kumamoto, and it was initially called “Chosei candy” or “Higo candy”, but it was brought by Kiyomasa Kato dur...

Kumamoto
Aso pickled mustard

Aso pickled mustard

“Aso mustard” is a traditional vegetable grown in the cold climate of Aso and the land of volcanic ash, and is characterized by its thin stems, chewy texture, and unique spicy i...

Kumamoto
Ichimonji Guruguru

Ichimonji Guruguru

“Hitomoji” is called wakegi outside of Kumamoto, but those grown in Kumamoto are unique ones that are slightly thicker overall and have a large bulge of white roots. There are v...

Oita
Jigoku-steamed

Jigoku-steamed

“Jigoku-mushi”, which has continued since the Edo period, is a cooking method for steaming ingredients using the hot steam heat that erupts from the hot springs. Just put a vari...

Oita
Toriten

Toriten

Toriten is a local dish loved since ancient times in Oita. It is a dish that uses ponzu or soy sauce base to tempura chicken with a firm base and topped with the specialty sauce...

Oita
Beppu Reimen

Beppu Reimen

The first Reimen shop opened in Beppu around 1955. It is said that the shop was opened by a chef who has been redeemed from northeastern China (formerly Manchuria). In former Ma...

Kumamoto
Salad chikuwa

Salad chikuwa

It is a dish in which potato salad is tightly packed in a chikuwa hole and deep-fried. It features a crispy chikuwa texture on the outside, juicy on the inside, and a rich potat...

Oita
Bungo Beppu Bay Crepe

Bungo Beppu Bay Crepe

“Shirasu” is the blessings of nature in Beppu Bay. Whitebait fishing has been popular in Hinji Town, and the “crepe”, which is dried in the sun, is shipped nationwide as a speci...

Kumamoto
Dago-jiru

Dago-jiru

“Dago” refers to “dumplings” in the Kumamoto dialect. “Dago-jiru” is a dish in which flour is kneaded into flat dumplings and boiled together with seasonal vegetables and meats ...