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Aomori
Nanbu senbei

Nanbu senbei

It is a type of senbei made by making dough with flour and water, dipped in sesame seeds and peanuts, and baked. Aomori and Iwate prefectures are the main production and consum...

Saitama
Five family treasures (Gokaho)

Five family treasures (Gokaho)

Kumagaya's “Five Family Treasures” are said to be one of the three major confections in Saitama, along with Soka senbei senbei and Kawagoe sweet potato sweets, with the fragrant...

Okinawa
Chinsuko

Chinsuko

It is a baked confectionery made mainly of flour, lard, sugar, etc. The origin of chinsuko was a high-class confectionery eaten at the court during the Ryukyu dynasty. It is f...

Chiba
Eel dishes in Narita

Eel dishes in Narita

The area around Naritasan Omotesando, where Naritasan Shinshoji Temple is located, is a “town of eels” where eel shops are concentrated, which is rare nationwide. There are man...

Tokyo
Kanto oden

Kanto oden

Oden is not a common name throughout Japan, and in the Kansai region, it is sometimes called “Kanto ni” or “Kanto cooked.” There are various theories that oden is called Kanto-...

Tokyo
Tendon

Tendon

“Tendon,” where you eat tempura with crispy batter with rice and a sweet and spicy sauce, is a bit different from “tempura” that you eat alone, and it captures the hearts of eat...

Niigata
Sanjo curry ramen

Sanjo curry ramen

Sanjo Curry Ramen is a curry ramen that is said to have a history of more than 70 years, and there are currently more than 70 shops in Sanjo City that offer curry ramen. There ...

Niigata
Bamboo dumplings (Sasa dango)

Bamboo dumplings (Sasa dango)

Famous as a specialty of Niigata prefecture, “Sasa dango” is a ball-shaped dumpling made by wrapping mugwort dumplings with bean paste in bamboo leaves and tied at both ends wit...

Niigata
Sasa sushi (sasazushi)

Sasa sushi (sasazushi)

Sasazushi is a type of sushi in which sushi rice and sushi seeds are wrapped in kumazasa leaves, and is a local dish handed down in the Hokushinetsu region. Sasa sushi made in ...

Niigata
Kensan-yaki (Kensan-yaki)

Kensan-yaki (Kensan-yaki)

It is a rice ball that is baked by applying miso mixed with ginger, yuzu skin, green onions, etc. to a disk-shaped rice with a hollow center, and is also called “Kenshin-yaki,” ...

Ehime
Sea bream somen (taisomen)

Sea bream somen (taisomen)

“Tai somen” is a dish made by simmering a whole tail of Thailand on a platter with boiled somen, and eaten as a dipping soup or kake-jiru. It is especially often eaten in the co...

Kanagawa
Atsugi Shirokoro Hormones

Atsugi Shirokoro Hormones

It is a dish made by grilling the large intestine of a pig. In Atsugi, there is the Kanagawa Meat Center, which boasts one of the nation's leading meat processing volumes, and ...