30 Best local delicacies ranking (Hokkaido & Tohoku)

1. Introduction

2. Local delicacies ranking (Hokkaido & Tohoku)

1. Introduction

In Japan, many dishes are unique to each region. These dishes familiar to the locals are called variously “local gourmet,” “B-class gourmet,” “soul food,” etc., and are very popular. They are many dishes that have been developed in recent years and include a variety of genres such as Western and Chinese cuisine.

On the other hand, “local cuisine” has a history of more than 100 years and is mainly Japanese cuisine that makes use of local ingredients and food culture.

Many of these dishes have survived because they are supported by the local people, and basically, all of them are of a certain standard of taste. However, it is impossible for foreign travelers with a limited number of travel days to eat all of the unique regional cuisines.

Therefore, we have compiled more than 1,000 types of “local gourmet,” “B-class gourmet,” “soul food,” and “local cuisine” and ranked them by region in order of the number of hashtags on social networking services (SNS).

We hope that this ranking will make it easier for foreign travelers to try dishes unique to a region.

2. Local delicacies ranking (Hokkaido & Tohoku)

1. Soup curry

2. Jingisukan

3. Obihiro pork bowl

4. Sapporo ramen

5. Sauce katsudon

6. Zangi

7. Kiritanpo hotpot

8. Cold ramen

9. Lucky Piero hamburger

10. Morioka cold noodles

11. Inaniwa udon

12. Shirakawa ramen

13. Imoni (stewed potato)

14. Harako-meshi

15. Yakitori bento (lunch box)

16. Squid sashimi

17. Tama konnyaku (konnyaku ball)

18. Wanko soba

19. Chicken cutlet curry

20. Squid rice

21. Bulbul

22. Dada Cha Bean (Green soybean)

23. Disc dumplings

24. Ita soba

25. Ankake Udon

26. Yokote yakisoba

27. Spaghetti cutlet

28. Beef tongue curry

29. Shottsuru hotpot

30. Hachinohe senbei soup

1. Soup curry

Prefectures : Hokkaido

Classification : Curry

Comment : Soup-like curry dish, popularised and boomed in Sapporo since the 2000s.

2. Jingisukan

Prefectures : Hokkaido

Classification : Meat dishes

Comment : A typical Hokkaido mutton dish. The pot has a unique shape with a convex center. It has been selected as one of the 100 best local dishes by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries.

3. Obihiro pork bowl

Prefectures : Hokkaido

Classification : Rice bowls and rice dishes

Comment : The city of Obihiro, where pig farming was flourishing, was the birthplace of the pork bowl. In the beginning, pork was used with a sauce similar to that used for broiled eel.

4. Sapporo ramen

Prefectures : Hokkaido

Classification : Ramen

Comment : Miso ramen is the mainstay, but salt soup and soy soup ramen are also popular. The noodles are made from ‘multihydrous noodles’.

5. Sauce katsudon

Prefectures : Fukushima Prefecture

Classification : Rice bowls and rice dishes

Comment : Katsudon (pork cutlet bowl) is eaten mainly in Aizu-Wakamatsu City. Shredded cabbage is laid on top of rice and a pork cutlet soaked in the sauce is placed on top.

6. Zangi

Prefectures : Hokkaido

Classification : Fried food

Comment : Fried chicken is called ‘Zangi’ in Hokkaido. The chicken is marinated in a soy-sauce-based sweet and spicy sauce, which is characterized by its strong seasoning.

7. Kiritanpo hotpot

Prefectures : Akita Prefecture

Classification : Hot pots and soups

Comment : A hot-pot dish containing ‘Tampo mochi’ (rice cakes), which are made by wrapping rice around a stick and baking it. It has been selected as one of the 100 best local dishes by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries.

8. Cold ramen

Prefectures : Yamagata Prefecture

Classification : Ramen

Comment : As the name suggests, the ramen is cold. Both the soup and noodles are cold, and sometimes ice is floated on top. The soup is overwhelmingly soy sauce-flavored.

Photo source : STAY YAMAGATA

9. Lucky Piero hamburger

Prefectures : Hokkaido

Classification : Burgers and breads

Comment : Lucky Piero is a chain of hamburger shops operating in the southern Hokkaido area, centered on Hakodate. It has no operations outside of Donan (South part of Hokkaido).

10. Morioka cold noodles

Prefectures : Iwate Prefecture

Classification : Ramen

Comment : A version of cold noodles, a traditional dish from the Korean peninsula. Selected by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries as one of the “Local dishes loved by the nation“.

11. Inaniwa udon

Prefectures : Akita Prefecture

Classification : Udon noodles

Comment : Udon noodles are made using the hand-pulling method. It is one of Japan’s three major types of udon and has been selected as one of the 100 best local dishes by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries.

12. Shirakawa ramen

Prefectures : Fukushima Prefecture

Classification : Ramen

Comment : Ramen noodles are characterized by a soy sauce-based soup made from pork bones and chicken bones and curly noodles.

13. Imoni (stewed potato)

Prefectures : Yamagata Prefecture

Classification : Hot pots and soups

Comment : Pot dish with taro, konnyaku, spring onions, and beef. It has been selected as one of the 100 best local dishes by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries.

14. Harako-meshi

Prefectures : Miyagi Prefecture

Classification : Rice bowls and rice dishes

Comment : Salmon meat and salmon roe are placed on top of rice cooked in salmon broth. It has been selected as one of the 100 best local dishes by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries.

Harako-meshi

15. Yakitori bento (lunch box)

Prefectures : Hokkaido

Classification : Rice bowls and rice dishes

Comment : This bento originated from Hasegawa Store, a convenience store chain in Hakodate. It is called ‘Yakitori (roasted chicken) bento’ but uses pork skewers.

16. Squid sashimi

Prefectures : Hokkaido

Classification : Fish and seafood dishes

Comment : In Hakodate, squid guts are dissolved in soy sauce and eaten with squid skewers.

17. Tama konnyaku (konnyaku ball)

Prefectures : Yamagata Prefecture

Classification : Hot pots and soups

Comment : Spherical konnyaku (konjac) skewered and boiled in soy sauce. Often eaten with a mustard paste.

18. Wanko soba

Prefectures : Iwate Prefecture

Classification : Soba noodles

Comment : One of the three major types of soba in Japan. The waiter puts the soba into bowls and continues to fill the bowls one after another as the customers finish eating. It has been selected as one of the 100 best local dishes by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries.

19. Chicken cutlet curry

Prefectures : Hokkaido

Classification : Curry

Comment : It features a chicken cutlet and cabbage on top, topped with curry roux.

20. Squid rice

Prefectures : Hokkaido

Classification : Rice bowls and rice dishes

Comment : A dish of rice cooked in the body of a squid with the entrails removed and rice inside. It is also famous as an ekiben.

21. Bulbul

Prefectures : Fukushima Prefecture

Classification : Meat dishes

Comment : The name of the dish derives from the phrase a dish so tasty that it makes your body shake. The basic form of the dish is thin slices of grilled pork on a bed of lettuce, topped with slices of onion.

22. Dada Cha Bean (Green soybean)

Prefectures : Yamagata Prefecture

Classification : Others

Comment : Edamame (green soybeans) from the Shonai region of Yamagata Prefecture. “Dadacha” is a dialect word for “father”.

23. Disc dumplings

Prefectures : Fukushima Prefecture

Classification : Meat dishes

Comment : Gyoza is circular dumplings laid out in a frying pan and baked. Characterized by a gentle taste with more vegetables.

24. Ita soba

Prefectures : Yamagata Prefecture

Classification : Soba noodles

Comment : Soba served on a long wood board. The soba is characterized by being thicker and blacker than usual.

25. Ankake Udon

Prefectures : Iwate Prefecture

Classification : Udon noodles

Comment : A dashi broth with soy sauce-based starchy sauce is poured over freshly boiled udon noodles. A dish for surviving the harsh winter.

26. Yokote yakisoba

Prefectures : Akita Prefecture

Classification : Other noodles

Comment : Characterized by a fried egg on top of the noodles. One of Japan’s three major yakisoba dishes and selected as one of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries’ “Local dishes loved by the nation”.

27. Spaghetti cutlet

Prefectures : Hokkaido

Classification : Other noodles

Comment : A dish of spaghetti with meat sauce and pork cutlets on a hot griddle plate. A local dish of Kushiro.

28. Beef tongue curry

Prefectures : Miyagi Prefecture

Classification : Curry

Comment : A dish in which beef tongue is stewed until tender and then added to a spicy curry.

29. Shottsuru hotpot

Prefectures : Akita Prefecture

Classification : Hot pots and soups

Comment : A pot dish of grouper in a broth of fish sauce and salted fish soup (shottsuru). Shottsuru nabe has been selected by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries as one of “Our Regional Cuisines“.

30. Hachinohe senbei pots

Prefectures : Aomori Prefecture

Classification : Hot pots and soups

Comment : Hachinohe senbei soup is a soy-sauce-flavored nabe dish with special Nanbu senbei rice crackers. It has been selected as one of the 100 best local dishes by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries.

The “100 selections of local dishes,” “Local dishes loved by the nation,” and “Our Regional Cuisines,” were selected by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries.

“PRIDE FISH” was selected by Japan Fisheries Co-operative.

１、說明簡介

２、地方美食人氣排名（北海道和東北）

１、說明簡介

日本各地存在着各式各様的地方美食。這些於當地耳熟能詳的獨特菜餚被稱為“鄉土美食”、“B級美食”、“靈魂料理”等等、不管在國內或國外都十分受歡迎。其中近年開始出現西餐、中餐等種類的地方美食。

而“鄉土料理” 是指那些擁有 100多年歷史，其中大部分是使用當地食材或参考當地的飲食文化製作而成的日本料理。

可以說，很多地方美食都是長年受到當地人的熱烈支持而承傳下來、所以基本上地方美食的味道都有一定水準。但是對於旅行時間有限的外國遊客來說，要品嚐所有地方美食是十分困難的事情。
因此，我們匯總了 1000 多種“當地美食” ，“B 級美食”、“靈魂料理”及“鄉土料理”，並按照 SNS 的標籤數量，製作了各地區的美食排名。希望能透通這排名能了解現時在日本各地，尤其是在年輕人中流行的地方美食，並推薦給各位外國遊客到不同地方，品嚐到當地最熱門的地方美食。