Classification : Hot pot / Soup

Comment : A hot pot dish with beef or pork offal (also known as visceral meat or offal) as the main ingredient, also it usually adds vegetables such as chives and cabbage.

Classification : Donburi / Rice

Comment : A dish of taco ingredients on top of rice. It originated in 1984 at Parlor Senri. At the beginning, it was provided to US military bases.

Classification : Fried food

Comment : A dish of fried chicken dipped in sweet vinegar and topped with tartar sauce. It is said to have originated in two different restaurants in Nobeoka City, Nao-chan and Ogura. It has been selected as one of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries’ “Specially Selected Popular Local Cuisine” and “Our Local Cuisine”.

Classification : Meat dish

Comment : A dish of thinly sliced horse meat that is eaten raw. It is common to eat ginger, garlic, and green onions dipped in soy sauce as condiments. It has been selected as one of the “Top 100 Local Cuisines” and “Our Local Cuisine” by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

Classification : Others

Comment : A dish made by a Fukuoka merchant who improved kimchi made from the ovaries of walleye pollack. The etymology of mentaiko comes from the Korean word for walleye pollack, which is called “menta” (myeontae). It has been selected as one of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries’ “Specially Selected Popular Local Cuisines”.

Classification : Meat dish

Comment : A dish made by grilling pork ribs on the bone, roasting them with sweet potato shochu, and simmering them with vegetables in barley miso and brown sugar. It has been selected as one of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries’ “Our Local Cuisines.”

Classification : Soba

Comment : No buckwheat flour is used in the noodles but only wheat flour and kansui. However, Japanese-style dashi is used for the soup. It has been selected as one of the “Top 100 Local Cuisines” and “Our Local Cuisine” by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

Classification : Others

Comment : Under American rule, Okinawa was influenced by many American cultures. Tacos influenced by Latin American soldiers are one of them. There are two types of taco skins: soft and hard.

Classification : Sweets

Comment : Oven-baked confectionery made from whipped eggs mixed with flour and starch syrup. It was introduced from Portugal in the 1500s and developed in a unique way in Japan.

Classification : Ramen

Comment : Pork bone soup ramen. Kurume City is said to be the birthplace of Hakata Ramen. It is characterized by being able to choose the hardness of the noodle and the hardness of the noodle.

Classification : Donburi / Rice

Comment : There are two types of ‘juicy’: ‘hard juicy’, which is cooked in the form of rice, and ‘soft juicy’ which is porridge-style. Pork belly and vegetables such as hijiki and carrots are used as ingredients and cooked in broth made from pork or kombu seaweed. It has been selected as one of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries’ “Our Local Cuisines.”

Classification : Soba

Comment : “Soki soba” is Okinawa soba topped with soki (spare ribs). There are two types of soki, the hard bone “Hon Soki” and the soft bone “Cartilage Soki”.

Classification : Hot pot / Soup

Comment : A hot pot dish in which water is brought to a boil to bring out the flavor of chicken and bones. For chicken, use chunks with skin and bones. It has been selected as one of the 100 Best Local Cuisines by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

Classification : Fried food

Comment : Toriten is a dish of chicken fried in tempura batter. Originating from Toyoken, a restaurant in Beppu City. Since the fried chicken on the bone was difficult to eat, and cut the boneless thigh meat into bite-sized pieces and arranged it in a tempura style. It has been selected as one of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries’ “Our Local Cuisines.”

Classification : Sweets

Comment : It is made by boiling down the squeezed juice of sugar cane, cooling it down and solidifying it. It is characterized by being rich in minerals without being removed from the raw material.

Classification : Curry

Comment : A gratin doria-style dish in which curry is poured into an earthenware pot and baked in the oven. Yaki curry originated in 1955-1965 at “Yamadaya” located in Sakaemachi Gintengai Shopping Street in Mojiko, Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka Prefecture.

Classification : Ramen

Comment : Soup is made from pork bones or chicken bones. Ajisen Ramen, which has many stores mainly in Asia, was founded in Kumamoto by Liu Danxiang, who was born in Kaohsiung City, Taiwan. Ajisen Ramen is said to be the origin of Kumamoto Ramen.

Classification : Ramen

Comment : It is based on Fujian cuisine from Fujian province. It is said to have been invented by Chen Pingjun of the Chinese restaurant Shikairo in Nagasaki. Pork, vegetables, and kamaboko are used as ingredients. It has been selected as one of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries’ “Specially Selected Popular Local Cuisine” and “Our Local Cuisine”.

Classification : Hamburgers and bread

Comment : A general term for hamburgers that are ‘handmade’ and ‘made to order’ offered at shops in Sasebo City. Around 1950, he learned the hamburger recipe from an official at the US military base in Sasebo. It has been selected as one of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries’ “Specially Selected Popular Local Cuisines”.

Classification : Sweets

Comment : Okinawa-style fried confectionery made by kneading wheat flour with eggs and sugar and deep-frying it. It is a sweet that came from China. It has been selected as one of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries’ “Our Local Cuisines.”

Classification : Ramen

Comment : Ramen with straight noodles in a pork bone-based soup. Compared to other prefectures’ tonkotsu ramen, such as Hakata ramen, the soup is sweeter.

Classification : Others

Comment : Most of the mozuku that is distributed in Japan is produced in Okinawa Prefecture, and has been selected as Okinawa Prefecture’s “PRIDE FISH”. Mozuku is said to have a number of health benefits, including a blood-thinning effect.

Classification : Sweets

Comment : Baked rice cake with red bean paste. The name comes from Sugawara no Michizane, the enshrined deity of Dazaifu Tenmangu Shrine. There are various theories about its origin, but the most probable one is that Michizane Sugawara was imprisoned by sticking rice cakes into the tips of plum branches.

Classification : Donburi and rice

Comment : Introduced in 1994, this rice ball is made by wrapping and grilling pork. It looks like a chunk of pork. Originally served as a dining room meal. Originating from “Original Nikumaki Honpo”.

Classification : Meat dish

Comment : People in Miyazaki eat a lot of chicken. Miyazaki City ranks 3rd in Japan for the amount of chicken consumed per household (2019-2021 average). Miyazaki Prefecture has established its own standards to prevent food poisoning from “chicken sashimi.”

Classification : Fried food

Comment : A dish of minced fish meat deep-fried in oil. In Kagoshima Prefecture, it is generally called ‘Tsukeage’, and people outside Kagoshima Prefecture call it ‘Satsumaage’. It has been selected as one of the “Top 100 Local Cuisines” and “Our Local Cuisine” by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

Classification : Sweets

Comment : Shaved ice is shaved ice with condensed milk-flavored syrup and toppings such as cherries on top. Takeshi Kubo, the founder of Tenmonkan Mujaki, started selling it in 1947. It has been selected as one of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries’ “Our Local Cuisines.”

Classification : Donburi and rice

Comment : A dish with pork cutlet, pilaf, and spaghetti on one plate. It is said to have been born in the 1950s. Although it is called “Turkey”, it has nothing to do with Turkey, an Islamic country that does not eat pork.

Classification : Ramen

Comment : This ramen was invented in 1937 by Tokio Miyamoto, the founder of the food stall Nankin Senryo. Inspired by “China soba” and Nagasaki champon’s “pork bone soup”. It is said to be the originator of pork bone ramen such as Hakata ramen.

分類 : 丼飯・飯類

評論 : 庵美地區的代表性特色料理，將雞肉絲、乾香菇、蛋絲、味增醃漬木瓜等放到白飯上，再淋上雞湯食用。