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Sendai Beef
Sendai Beef is a branded beef that can use the name only when it receives the highest meat quality grade, 5—a requirement unique among beef brands in Japan. It is tender and smo...
Sasakama
Today, kamaboko generally refers to steamed fish cake with a half-cylinder shape. Sasakama, by contrast, is grilled fish cake shaped like a bamboo leaf. Carefully kneading the f...
Zunda Mochi
Zunda mochi is made by boiling green soybeans (edamame) in salted water, crushing them in a mortar, mixing them with sugar, and coating mochi with the paste. It has long been a ...
Sendai Ramen
Sendai ramen refers to ramen that has long been enjoyed in and around Sendai. Many versions are on the spicy side and use miso produced in the region. Spicy miso ramen is especi...
Goemon Ramen
Goemon Ramen is a spicy hidden local specialty of Tono, beloved by the city’s residents. Despite its unusual name, it is served at various restaurants throughout Tono, and the f...
Pīman Miso
Pīman Miso, a regional specialty of Iwate Prefecture, is a versatile condiment that balances the mild bitterness of green peppers with the sweetness of rice koji. It is said to ...
Kitakami Croquette
Kitakami Croquette is a local specialty beloved in Kitakami, Iwate Prefecture. Its defining feature is the generous use of locally grown ingredients. The star is Futago taro, kn...
Maesawa Beef
Maesawa Beef is prized for its fine, high-quality marbling and exceptional texture. Its meat has a distinctive moist feel when cut. The cattle are raised on quality rice straw f...
Tōno Jingisukan
Tōno Jingisukan, a specialty of Tōno City in Iwate Prefecture, is a local dish made with lamb and beloved by visitors and residents alike. Its story began in 1947, after the war...
Morioka Jajamen
Jajamen, a local dish from Morioka City in Iwate Prefecture, is known as one of Morioka’s three great noodle dishes. After tasting zhajiangmian in former Manchuria before the wa...
Ankake Udon
Ankake udon, enjoyed in the Esashi area of Oshu City, Iwate Prefecture, is a local dish that has been served as a special winter meal since the early Showa period (1926–1989). I...
Morioka Reimen
Morioka Reimen is a cold noodle dish that originated in Morioka, Iwate Prefecture. Inspired by traditional Korean cold noodles, it was developed as a local specialty. In 1954, T...
Wanko Soba
When it comes to soba in Iwate Prefecture, Wanko Soba is a local favorite. Bite-sized portions of soba are dipped in hot broth and served in the diner's bowl. Each time the bowl...
Takenoko-jiru
Takenoko-jiru is a regional soup from Aomori Prefecture made with bamboo shoots. The bamboo shoots gathered in Aomori are slender varieties such as nemagari-dake, rather than th...
Miso Curry Milk Ramen
A local specialty from Aomori City, Aomori Prefecture, with a carefully balanced broth based on miso, curry powder, and milk. It is topped with butter, bean sprouts, menma, and ...
Tsugaru Soba
Tsugaru soba is a local dish eaten mainly in the Tsugaru region of Aomori Prefecture. It is distinctive for using gojiru, a slurry made from ground soybeans, as a binder. The go...
Noheji Torimeshi
Noheji Torimeshi is a specialty ekiben, or railway bento, from Noheji Station on the Aoimori Railway in Noheji Town. With a history of more than 60 years, it is a classic bento ...
Kenojiru
Kenojiru is a regional dish eaten throughout the Tsugaru area and beyond in Aomori Prefecture. It is a soup made by simmering finely chopped vegetables in kombu stock. Ingredien...
Towada Barayaki
Towada Barayaki, a local specialty of Towada City in Aomori Prefecture, is one of the area’s best-known casual comfort foods. It is made by cooking a generous amount of onion an...
Senbei-jiru
Senbei-jiru is a regional dish enjoyed for generations in southern Aomori Prefecture and is especially well known in Hachinohe. It is made with special Nanbu rice crackers that ...
Ramen Salad
Ramen Salad has more vegetable toppings than hiyashi chuka (chilled ramen) and is served in Hokkaido izakaya pubs and at home. Before ready-made products were available, it was ...
Hakodate Ramen
Hakodate Ramen is one of Hokkaido’s best-known regional ramen styles, alongside Sapporo Ramen and Asahikawa Ramen. Its clear, salt-seasoned broth is made with stock such as pork...
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