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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...
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...
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...
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...
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-...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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,” ...
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...
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 ...