Best Local Specialty Restaurants In Japan

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At the foot of Nagahama Castle of Hideyoshi Toyotomi. You can eat 'Saba (mackerel) Somen Noodle' in a historical restaurant. The mackerel and somen noodle are cooked to be salted and sweetened, and it's a familiar taste for all Japanese people.◎Open: 10:30~ Regular holiday: Mondays Access: 3min walk from JR Nagahama Station, along the Hokkoku Kaido Street.

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They're so particular about the oil and sauce that we can eat the fried pork very lightly. Be careful eating to much and don't dip in the sauce twice.

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A fluffy egg and octopus with a stock soup! Also as a snack. You can eat them with tako-yaki sauce.

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The yellow chive grown in Okayama has high nutritional value, unique sweetness and flavor. It is more than twice the price of normal one. So, the sushi is superb food of Okayama.

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The Hiroshima-yaki uses high quality wheat, many cabbages, meats, grilled noodle mixed with eggs. It is soul food of locals and one of the best Hiroshima-yaki in Hiroshima, I ate one 'Sobanikutama'.

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The Hitsumushi is a specialty meal of restaurant 'Takotsubo' at lunch. The exquisite meal is conger and rice steamed in a wooden container called 'Ohitsu' with green onions, laver and wasabi. You can choose conger or eel and I think conger is lighter.

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Anmochi (a rice cake with azuki bean jam) really works well with white miso and stock soup. People live in Kagawa love this combination. This rice cake is also hand made here, Momotaro jaya. The side dish, shoyu mame (a broad bean soaked in soy sause) is also the local specialty.

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Seasoned with say sauce, and egg, dried bonito and leek mixed with udon noodle. And dynamically Americanized hamburger. It remains the udon taste strongly but is the new feeling of flour gourmet. Limited only Saturday, Sunday and holidays.

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Hishio Don is a local specialty food made with seafood and soy sauce in Shodoshima Island. Osakaya is a local favorite dinner located just near Sakate Port. You can eat 'Sashimi Hishio Don' with tasty sashimi of young yellowtail and octopus.◎An islander told me this dinner to eat delicious lunch.

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At lively Kokusai-dori Street, Ryukyu Coffee Kan is located quietly. Its 'Bukubuku Coffee' is very tasty! Freshly brewed coffee, and bubbling foam with nice savory aroma put on it! Then, drop the syrup of brown sugar. I love its great balance of sweetness, bitterness and savoriness.

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You can eat the whole fresh squid sumptuously! The clear and beautiful squid tastes especially good.

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A specialty store of smoothie made from famous mongo grown in Miyako Island and other 15 or more kinds. On the middle of your journey, take a calm rest in a hammock on the grass. The interior like tropical countries is also attractive.

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You can eat grilled beef, pork and chicken on the rice topped with garlic by 'Garlic Stake Gohan'. Full of garlic in the appetizers, drinks and desserts!

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Akkeshi is only place to be able to forward oyster throughout the year in Japan. The plump, rich and sweet oysters are very delicious! You can eat food and find souvenirs of oysters and specialties in Akkeshi here.

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At a tea room inside Fujita Memorial Japanese Garden, you can eat an apple pie with an atmosphere of Taisho Period (around 1920). With plenty apple, it's filling and something to eat in Hirosaki, a producing center of apple.◎Open: 9:00-17:00 No regular holidays

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Tokyo boast the specialty dish 'Tendon'. There is unbelievable queue at front of the restaurant at a lunch time and you have to wait. But it is worth waiting. It has many crispy shrimps, large congers, eggs, shellfishes with a secret sauce. The tendon is ultimate delicious.

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A specialty yuba, edible wild plants and thick soup, the local dish makes you warm. It is near the Kinugawa station, you can eat the local food as soon as your arrival.

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This pork is fed only a turmeric. You don’t miss the dish if you visit Nikko. It is characterized by its sweetness and matches soar sauce of berries to be a refined course.

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The summer limited menu 'Akafuku Gori'. This is maccha taste shaved ice and has 'Akafuku' inside it. A famous sweet of Ise, Akafuku and shaved ice are excellent each other, and it makes you refreshed and cool in hot summer in Ise.◎Open: am 5:00~pm 5:00

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Matsusaka Beef cuisine such as hamburg stake, omelet & rice, and Ochazuke (rice with tea) of Shigure-ni (stewed ingredients). You can eat various kinds at reasonable price. How about tasting long-loved cuisine once at a historical restaurant since Meiji period.◎Open: 11:00-20:00 Regular Holiday: Mondays

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If you want to eat Matsusaka Beef at except for too formal restaurants, you should visit this famous restaurant, which has an easy access from the station. They prepare steak and sukiyaki of course, and also western style dishes and rice bowls with beef. You can take your appetite and budget into account, and enjoy Japanese quality Matsusaka Beef.◎If you have a coupon ticket 'Mawaryanse' of Kintestu Railway, you can get one drink for free.

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Piping hot Houtou in a pot has many vegetables and satisfying quantity! In a soup of miso made around Mt.Fuji, homemade noodle with comfortable chewiness in very delicious! For people like spice, it's nice to add Fudo's secret spices in it.◎Open: 11:00-19:00 But if you visit here after evening on weekdays, it's better for you to contact the restaurant and confirm. Parking lot: available

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The Nodoguro is a expensive fish caught in the Sea of Japan and 'Nodoguro Aburidon' is registered as a trademark. Seared Nodoguro on the rice 'Koshihikari' grown in Niigata. It's price is reasonable for the foodstuffs.

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A new local food of this city. Simple grilled noodle (yaki-soba) with meat sauce of tomato and pork which are grown in this area. Its rich taste is addictive!

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Gorgeous lunch with an ama-zake aperitif, 7-9 kinds in season, unpolished rice, miso soup, dessert uses melted rice, and drink. Only 30 dishes in a day, and you have to make a reservation!

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Aromatic smell and leisurely time fill up the calm café renovated from an old house built 150 years before, and it's an ideal place for a rest during your sightseeing. With roasted tea (houji-cha in Japanese), a Kanazawa's proud Japanese sweet is prepared together. They pick also the plates they use, so you can enjoy the tablewares, too.

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People have made oshi-zushi on a festival day in Kanazawa since the old time. At this restaurant in Higashi Chayamachi, you can try to make it with mothers here, and enjoy eating the local dishes in Kanazawa.