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

Benkeihan

Yamagata's traditional food “Benkei-han,” steeped in strong history and nature

As the name suggests, the local dish “benkeimeshi (benkeimeshi)” from Yamagata Prefecture is cooked rice characterized by its strong and exciting flavor. It has a long history, and it is said that ...

Dondon-yaki

Yamagata's sole hood loved by young and old!

Dondonyaki in the inland area of Yamagata Prefecture has a common sauce taste, and its biggest feature is that it is wrapped around a piece of chopsticks to make it easy to carry. To make it, first...

Grilled fish of black

A popular fish that has no habit and elegant taste received by all people!

The blackfish that can often be caught on rocky areas and embankments near Kamo from Tsuruoka city Yunohama is white with a crunchy texture like a Thai family. Especially those in the summer season...

Sakata ramen

Even ramen dori is convinced and the taste you want to repeat!!

Sakata ramen is a ramen that originated in the northern part of the Shonai region, mainly in Sakata City, Yamagata Prefecture. It is characterized by using homemade noodles using pork bones and chi...

Natto soup

Yamagata's local dish “Natto Jiru” which is also a seasonal language for winter

Natto Jiru, which is very nutritious, is a home cooking in winter that has been popular since ancient times in Yamagata Prefecture. Natto is crushed from grains to enhance its taste, and many other...

Yamagata soba

Ita-soba is a fragrant soba loved by the people of Yamagata

The soba that can be eaten extensively in the inland area of Yamagata Prefecture is called “Ita-soba”. Soba is served in a horizontal wooden box. The fact that it is not served in a colander is tha...

Tama-konjac

Yamagata residents eat tama-konjac every day

Yamagata has long been the producing area of konjac potato, and “Tamakon” is a soul food of Yamagata prefectural people who have been nicknamed “Tamakon”. As its name suggests, it is a spherical ko...

Hiyashi ramen

It was born to survive the hot summer in Yamagata. It is a cold ramen that originated in Yamagata City. As its name suggests, it is cold ramen, and both soup and noodles are cold, and sometimes ic...

Moso soup

The taste of the season that I remember every May

“Moso soup” is a local dish using bamboo shoots of Moso bamboo shoots called Moso (Moso bamboo shoots).. The season of Moso begins in Kyushu and goes north with the season, and peaks in mid-May in ...

Kujiramochi

Old-fashioned taste handed down in the Mogami region of Yamagata

Kujiramochi is a local confectionery that has been handed down since ancient times in Shinjo and the surrounding Mogami region. It is called whale mochi, but it does not contain whale meat. It is...