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FOOD CULTURE SHIGA

Shiga’s Food Culture

1.Oumi Beef There cows are raised in the optimal environment of Shiga.It’s marbled,super tender and super tasty.It can be eaten as shabu-shabu,sukiyaki,or raw.I will tell you about some delicious restaurants that serve Omi beef. 2.Hirasansou’s Game Dishes Hirasanso is a Japanese-style restanrant located in Otsu city.You can eat seasonal dishes for spring,summer,autumn,winter.The photo shows bear meat. Hirasanso Website 3.Yokarou’s Saba Somen Yokarou is a restaurant in a renovated old house in Nagahama City.Saba somen is a local dish from the Kohoku region.The somen noodles are topped with sweet and spicy grilled mackerel. Yokarou Restaurant Website 4.Hunazushi It is a fermented food made by salting fish together with rice.It has a …

FOOD CULTURE GUNMA

Gunma Famous Local Food！

1.Mizusawa Udon This udon dish has been around for 400 years.This is a local dish from the Mizusawa region,where the famous Ikaho Onsen hot spring are located.I’ll tell you about two famous restaurants. 2. Oginoya no Kamameshi This is a Lunch box.It is sold at Yokokawa Station near Karuizawa.A small clay pot contains chicken,mushrooms,and Japanese seasoned rice. 3. Takasaki Pasta Gunma is a major producer of wheat.It’s a specialty that has been gaining attention lately.There are many pasta restaurants in Takasaki City.The pasta is topped with pork cutlet and demi-glace sauce.I will tell you about famous restaurants. 4. Himokawa Udon This is a local dish from the Kiryu area.It is …

FOOD CULTURE GIFU

Gifu Famous Local Food!

1.Hida Beef Hida beef is very tasty,with tender meat amd sweet fat.In Gifu,Hida beef is grilled on Pakuba leaves with homemade miso.It’s good with salt and pepper,but this is also delicious. 2.Pickled Steak This dish is a local food from the Hida region.In the old days,people used to grill frozen Chinese cabbage pickles and eat them.It has a slightly sweet flavour and contains eggs. 3.Keichan The dish consists of chicken marinated in soy sauce and miso,grilled with cabbage. 4.Takayama Ramen This is a local gourmet dish from Hida Takayama region. 5.Soba Soba noodles taste best when grown in a place with clean water.You can eat delicious soba noodles in the …

FOOD CULTURE MIYAZAKI

Miyazaki Local Food！

I’ll introduce some famous foods from Miyazaki.If you travel,please try it! 1.Chicken Nanban Chicken Nanban is a dish of deep fried chicken covered in sauce.The sauce is made by mixing boiled eggs,onions,pickles,and mayonnaise. This is a famous restaurant⇊ 2.Hiyajiru　 Hiyajiru is cold miso soup.Famers who worked early in the morning mixed rice with miso and water and ate it.This evolved and people started adding various kinds of ingredients to it.The ingredients are cucumber,tofu,shiso,and myoga.It’s a very refreshing food. 3.Jidori　　 Miyazaki local chicken grilled over charcoal.The chicken has a smoked flavor and a firm texture.And Miyazaki chicken can be eaten as sashimi.It’s very delicious. 4.Mango Miyazaki has a climate that is …

MIYAZAKI TRAVEL

Takachiho Gorge

Takachiho Gorge is a natural monument located in the northern part of Miyazaki Prefecture.Pyroclastic flows from Mt.Aso eroded the area,creating this beautiful rock surface.This area is where the gods of Japanese mythology descended.This place is famous as a power spot and attracts many tourists.Access by train is very inconvenient.It’s best to take a tour or rent a car. The views from the boat are amazing.However,it is best to make a reservation for this boat as waiting rimes can be long. Website⇊ https://takachiho-kanko.info/en/ The area has a pond and several restaurants.Mango ice cream is delicious.

FOOD CULTURE KAGAWA

9 Sanuki udon Famous Restaurants in Kagawa

Sanuki is the old name for Kagawa.The history of Sanuki udon was popularized by Kobo Daishi.He went to China,discoverd udon,and shared it with the Kagawa when he returned to Japan.The ingredients needed to make udon are flour,salt,soy sauce,and dried sardines.They were produced in Kagawa Prefecture.Kagawa was a place well suited to producing udon noodles.Udon can be found anywhere in Japan.But it tastes even better when you eat it at Kagawa Prefecture. I will introduce eight udon restaurants out of the many available.All of the restaurants are highly rated and very delicious.They are popular,so be prepared to wait. 1.Ikegami Seimensho 2.Yamauchi Udon 3.Tanikawa Beikokuten 4.Nakamura 5.Chikusei 6.Yamatomo 7.Yamagoe Udon 8.Gamou 9.Nagata …

KAGAWA TRAVEL

6 Places to Visit in Kagawa!

Kagawa Prefecture is lacated on one of the islands that make up the Japanese archipelago.The best way to get there is by plane.To get there by Shinkansen,you have to change trains from Tokyo in Okayama Prefecture,cross a bridge,and then go back. 1. Visiting Power Spots! Kotohiragu It is located on the middle slope of Mount Kotohira.The shrine is visited by 3 million people a year.There are 785 steps. Zentsu-ji Temple It was built in 807 by Yoshimichi Saeki. He is the father of Kobo Daishi, the founder of Shingon Buddhism.This is the birthplace of Kobo Daishi. 2.Check Out the Magnificent Stone Wall! Marugame Castle Marugame Castle’s stone walls are the …

FOOD CULTURE WAKAYAMA

4 Restaurants in Mt.Koya where you can eat Shojin ryori.

Mount Koya is a Buddhist town founded by Kobo Daishi,and shojin ryori is the traditional cuisine there. Shojin ryori is food that does not use meat or fish.In the Buddhist world,there is a rule not to kill living things.Monks eat it as part of their training.The purpose is to cultivate the mind by eating simple or vegetarian foods.　 The ingredients used in the dish are tofu, konjac,namafu(wheat gluten),and vegetables.This dish has a light flavor,but you can enjoy the ingredients. One of the Japanese food ingredients is Koya-Dofu.During the cold winter at Mt.Koya,tofu froze.When monks thawed it and ate it,it became popular among the public.Freeze-dried tofu is very nutritious and is …

GUNMA

Things to do in Gunma Prefecture!

1.Go to Tomioka Silk Mill (UNESCO) The factory in Tomioka City is established in 1872.This is a mechanical silk-reeling factory located in Tomioka City.The building is over 140 years old and remains in good condition.The tour lasts for one hour.You can look around freely or there will be a guide. 2．Enter the Hot Spring! Gunma has many hot springs.Kusatsu Onsen is one of the three most famous hot springs in Japan.You can see where the hot springs bubble up.This place is popular and has a lot of tourist. My recommendation is Manza Onsen.There is hot spring water bubbling up from the ground.The hot spring flows like a river.Dangerous gases are …

TOYAMA TRAVEL

Toyama Tourist Spots! 6 things to do!

1．See Japan’s Largest Dam! Kurobe Dam It was built over a period of seven years from 1956 to solve the power shortage after the war.It is located among the highest mountains in Japan.It’s impressive to be able to see it up close. You can get to the dam by train and bus.There is another trekking couse that takes six hours.Mikuriga Pond along the couse offers a spectacular view!You can see the pond,when the snow melts in July. 2. See the Great Buddha and a national treasure temple！ Takaoka Great Buddha In The Kamakura period, Minamoto no Yoshikatsu made a five-meter-tall wooden Buddha statue. Burned twice and rebuilt in 1933. It …