Introducing the top 10 unmissable local gourmet dishes from the Iwate region.

Wankosoba

If you don't have a lid it won't end! I'm very happy to eat more and more!

Speaking of soba in Iwate Prefecture, wanko soba is. The style of putting a bite-sized soba with hot soba soup in a guest's bowl, and every time you finish eating it, the serving continues to put s...

Morioka cold noodles

The chewy texture and moderate spiciness are addictive!

Morioka cold noodles are a cold noodle dish that originated in Morioka City, Iwate Prefecture, and is a local gourmet created based on traditional cold noodles from the Korean Peninsula. Mr. Teruto...

Ankake udon

Okinawa folk food in winter in Oshu Iwate! Ankake udon

Ankake udon in Iwate is a local dish that is considered to be a feast for severe winter. The basis of “ankake udon” is to put soy sauce based onkake soup with soup stock on freshly boiled udon, but...

Morioka Jajamen

Soul food in Morioka! I'm a noodle with a tangy taste

One of the three major noodles in Morioka is “Jaja Noodles”. Unlike Chinese noodles, you can add special meat miso, cucumber, and green onions to the unique noodles that feel like plain udon for ja...

Tono Genghis Khan

The secret sauce is the deciding factor! Tono soul food “Tono Genghis Khan”

The specialty “Tono Genghis Khan” from Tono City, Iwate Prefecture, is known as a local dish using mutton, and is loved by tourists and locals. After the war, in Showa 22, Mr. Abe Umekichi, who had...

Maezawa beef

Kuroge Wagyu that represents Oshu! Vivid marbled Maezawa beef

Maezawa beef is fine and fine marbled, the meat quality is outstanding, and the moist feeling of meat when you put a knife is indescribable. It is produced by feeding high quality rice straw from M...

Kitakami croquette

The pride of the local community, the taste of Kitakami. The ultimate croquette produced in Iwate, which is rich in the four seasons

Kitakami croquettes are a local dish loved in Kitakami, Iwate Prefecture. The characteristic of these croquettes is that they use plenty of luxurious ingredients grown locally. “Futako Satoimo,” wh...

Iwate Kaisendon

Mainly saury and bonito are caught, and aquaculture is popular, and sea urchin, seaweed, oysters, scallops, and sea chilled fish are the main ones. Sanriku seafood is famous throughout the country ...

Green pepper miso

Iwate's traditional seasoning “bell pepper miso,” made from bell peppers and malted rice

Iwate Prefecture's local dish “bell pepper miso” is a versatile seasoning that perfectly harmonizes the bittersweet taste of bell peppers and the sweetness of malted rice. This dish was created to ...

Goemon ramen

A hidden local gourmet loved by Tono citizens of Iwate Prefecture since ancient times

Goemon Ramen, a hidden local gourmet in Tono, is a spicy dish that is loved by Tono citizens. This unusual name ramen is served at various shops in Tono City, and although the taste is somewhat dif...