Introducing the top 10 unmissable local gourmet dishes from the Akita region.
Introducing the top 10 unmissable local gourmet dishes from the Akita region.
When visiting the Akita region, be sure to enjoy the authentic local gourmet dishes at their best.
Table of Contents
Kiritanpo
Taste of Akita's unique omukuro with delicious rice
Kiritanpo is a food made with mashed glutinous rice wrapped around a stick of cedar from the tip and baked danpo-mochi is removed from the stick and cut it easily to eat. It is stewed in chicken br...
Inaniwa udon
It's elegant through the throat and take off to its deliciousness!
Inaniwa udon is dried udon made by hand in southern Akita Prefecture. It is counted as one of the three major udon noodles in Japan. Due to the unique recipe of kneading while twisting, the noodles...
Babajera
Aunt makes shirishari ice cream with Hera!
Babajera is an ice sale on the street where people of Akita do not know. It is a refreshing mouth, gentle sweetness, and a sales style that has never changed since ancient times. In summer, an aunt...
Junsai
JUNSAI is fun with a smooth texture and pull-pull texture
Junsai is a perennial aquatic plant that floats leaves on the surface of water, like water lilies. Eat shoots that are under the water. It is covered in a jelly-like slump and features a smooth thr...
Hottsuru Nabe
The flavor produced by the rich richness of the shottsuki is the best!
Shottsuru is a seasoning of Akita's specialty. Its true identity is fish sauce. Salt etc. are added to groupahata, horse mackerel and sardines, pickled and fermented. Amino acids and peptides due t...
Yokote yakisoba
No one knows now! The most popular Yokota specialty
It is a well-known local gourmet of Yokota, and is counted as one of the three major yakisoba in Japan. The taste is relatively sweet and flavored with Worcestershire sauce with its own soup stock,...
Jumonji ramen
Side by side with Yokote yakisoba! Akita's local ramen!
Jumonji ramen is a ramen that is eaten in a region centered on the Jumonji area of Yokote City, Akita Prefecture. It has a unique texture without using a Japanese-style soup or ansui using niboshi ...
deer antler hormone
The taste of cabbage and tofu with stewed soup is also exceptional
Kazuno hormone in Kazuno City, Akita Prefecture, uses pork and beef, marinated in miso-based sweet and spicy sauce, grilled in Genghis Khan pot and boiled to eat it. Moisture comes out of cabbage, ...
Hinai chicken yakodon
Akita Prefecture Brand Chicken Hinai Chickens Oyakodon
It is an “Hinai chicken” called “Japan's three major chicken” in Akita Prefecture, and the ultimate parent and kodon using the Hinai chicken. Hinai chicken is broiled on charcoal, so you can enjoy ...
Agar dishes
Will anything be hardened with agar in Akita prefecture?!
Agar culture is rooted in Akita prefecture, and when you visit, you can enjoy agar dishes everywhere. Agar is a food that has been valued for a long time because it can be stored for a long time b...