Introducing the top 10 unmissable local gourmet dishes from the Niigata region.
Introducing the top 10 unmissable local gourmet dishes from the Niigata region.
When visiting the Niigata region, be sure to enjoy the authentic local gourmet dishes at their best.
Table of Contents
Imochi
Hegi soba
Nanban shrimp
Taichazuke
Kurumagan
mackerel sand
noppei soup
Hamayaki
Bamboo dumplings (Sasa dango)
poppoyaki
Imochi
With a Hokuhoku texture, the umami of potato is condensed.
It is a traditional food in Sado, where rice is not taken and substituted for sweet potatoes. It is still a classic snack today and is sold in supermarkets in the city. A little sugar and flour are...
Hegi soba
A traditional Niigata “hegi soba” that slips smoothly through your throat — a superb cup woven with cloth seaweed
Niigata Prefecture's representative local dish “hegi soba” is a traditional soba loved mainly in the Uonuma region. By using the seaweed cloth nori (seaweed) as a binder, a unique texture and stron...
Nanban shrimp
It's sweet and meltingly delicious! Winter feast filled with umami!
It is also called amebi, but in Niigata it is called Nanban (red pepper) shrimp because of its color and shape. The sweet and melting meat of Nanban shrimp has become a staple as sashimi and sushi....
Taichazuke
Eating comparison is recommended! Enjoy changing tastes too
Taichazuke is a local bowl unique to Kashiwazaki, a specialty area of the top class sea bream on the Sea of Japan side. On top of the taimeshi, we put the flavor of deep-fried sea bream, tame, rock...
Kurumagan
Try using it instead of meat! you can down calories
Kurumafu, which has long been familiar as a local dish of Niigata's “taste of omukuro”, is made from wheat flour and has no additives. Good digestion and absorption, perfect for baby food and elder...
mackerel sand
Born in Turkey! Niigata Prefecture Kashiwazaki local gourmet mackerel sandwich!
A simple menu with plenty of greasy mackerel, fried with pepper, and added lettuce and onion slices, is a mackerel sandwich that became a local gourmet of Kashiwazaki City. If you add lemon juice b...
noppei soup
Noppei Jiru, a local dish of Niigata that was known without saying
Basically, it contains ingredients such as root vegetables, chicken, and konnyaku, and is characterized by the thickening of taro. It has been familiar with each family in Niigata since ancient tim...
Hamayaki
The scent is also great! Hamayaki in Niigata packed with fish umami!
It is a local cooking method of Niigata where a lot of fish caught in a fishing port are grilled whole on bamboo skewers. Hamayaki, which is baked over time using white charcoal from Uonuma, is bak...
Bamboo dumplings (Sasa dango)
A specialty of Niigata with bamboo leaves scented with gentle sweetness
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 with sedge or rush stri...
poppoyaki
In Niigata, food stalls are also popular! A nostalgic staple soul food
Poppoyaki is a nostalgic classic food that everyone knows in the Shimoetsu region of Niigata Prefecture. This sweet is characterized by the gentle sweetness of brown sugar and a glutinous dough. Po...