Many local dishes make use of wheat flour, and okirikomi is a typical example.

Where it is made

All over the prefecture

Main ingredients

Flour, vegetables such as carrots, leeks, and shiitake mushrooms

One such dish is suiton, which is made by dissolving wheat flour in water. Although this dish is made all over Gunma, the ingredients used and its name may differ slightly from region to region.

Where it is made

All over the prefecture

Main ingredients

Flour, vegetables such as burdock, carrots and green onions

Gunma is an area of rich mountain ranges, so rich that 100 mountains have been selected as "Gunma Hyakumeizan" (Gunma's 100 Famous Mountains).

Where it is made

All over the prefecture

Main ingredients

wheat flour

Yakimochi," which is made from wheat flour and baked, is one of the local dishes that grew out of Gunma's flour-based food culture.

Where it is made

All over the prefecture

Main ingredients

Flour, seasonal vegetables and condiments

Ama-neji" is a local dish born from this flour-food culture.

Where it is made

All over the prefecture

Main ingredients

Red beans, wheat flour

The representative local tofu dish is "shime tofu". A simple side dish of boiled tofu seasoned with soy sauce and sugar, it is mainly eaten as a seasonal food at festivals.

Where it is made

Numata City, Shirasawa, Kanna, Naganohara, Tone

Main ingredients

Tofu

Katemeshi was originally one of those thought-up dishes. It refers to rice mixed with filling ingredients such as barley, beans, radish, and seaweed.

Where it is made

The entire prefecture

Main ingredients

Rice, wheat, beans, vegetables, etc.

Negi-nuta, a local dish using spring onions, is popular in Gunma, where these tasty and unique spring onions are grown. The dish is made by mixing cooked spring onions with vinegared miso paste.

Where it is made

All regions in the prefecture

Main ingredients

Spring Onions

The sericulture industry has been thriving in Gunma for quite some time, and even now the prefecture is focused on the industry’s further cultivation via such methods as the use of original silkworm…

Where it is made

Entire Prefecture

Main ingredients

Ingredients like rice flour, millet flour, or corn flour

Joshu Kimpira, or stir-fried carrot and burdock root, was invented especially for the event as a new local dish featuring Gunma's famous local products such as pork, shiitake mushrooms, konjac, and…

Where it is made

All regions of the prefecture

Main ingredients

Pork, carrots, konjac, burdock root, shiitake mushrooms

In Gunma, where there is a deeply rooted culture of consuming wheat-based dishes, "Udon" is a beloved staple food.

Where it is made

Through the prefecture

Main ingredients

Wheat flour (Udon)

"Konnyaku no Shiraae" is a dish that uses konjac, dressed with a batter made of "tofu" and mashed sesame seeds.

Where it is made

All areas in the prefecture

Main ingredients

Tofu, konjac

"Sumitsukare" is said to have its origins in the Edo period and was once offered on a plate with "sekihan" at an "Inari Shrine" on Hatsuuma, the first day of the horse in February.

Where it is made

Tomo

Main ingredients

Radish, salmon, soybean, and sake lees

A local dish similar to "Kenchin Jiru" and handed down in Takasaki City is "Zakuni".

Where it is made

Takasaki City

Main ingredients

Konjac(=yam cake), Root vegetables, Surume (=Dried squid), etc.

The Agatsuma region grows a variety of agricultural and livestock products, including vegetables, Konjac(=yam cake) potatoes, and fruits.

Where it is made

Nakanojo Town, Tsumagoi Village, Kusatsu Town (Agatsuma Area), Naganohara Town

Main ingredients

Runner beans

There are various ways to cook catfish, such as deep frying and sashimi, but the most popular dish is “Catfish Tempura".

Where it is made

Itakura Town (Toumou Area)

Main ingredients

Catfish

In Gunma, where there are many rivers with clear water, various river fish is grown, and local cuisines with these fish are familiar with the area.

Where it is made

Ueno Village

Main ingredients

Ayu (Sweet fish)

Gunma Prefecture boasts its agricultural and livestock farm industry, and raising chicken is no exception.

Where it is made

All of Gunma Prefecture

Main ingredients

Chicken

There are plenty of agricultural products in Gunma Prefecture; ‘Joushu-ushi’ (Beef from Joushu area, first beef in Japan exported to EU), ‘Shimonita-negi’ (Japanese leek from grown in Shimonita-cho…

Where it is made

All of Gunma Prefecture

Main ingredients

‘Joushu Wagyu’ Beef, ‘Shimonita Negi’ Japanese leek, Shiitake mushroom, ‘Shungiku’ (clown daisy), Tofu, Vegetables like Napa cabbage

In particular, ‘Sauce Katsu-don’ is popular by the locals as their beloved local food. It is said that its origin is an eel restaurant.

Where it is made

Kiryu City, Maebashi City, Isesaki City

Main ingredients

Pork

The dish which has been eaten since long ago in Gunma, boast of tasty soybean production, is ‘gojiru’, a miso soup with mashed soybeans. It is called ‘gojiru’ because they call mashed soybean ‘go’.

Where it is made

Oizumi Town

Main ingredients

Soy bean, Miso, Vegetables in season

Especially ‘jiriyaki’ is much popular in the farmers villages than any other wheat flour dishes.

Where it is made

All of Gunma Prefecture

Main ingredients

Wheat flour

There are many local dishes used konjac in the prefecture, and "Konnyaku Miso Oden" is one of them. Boiled konjac is served with miso sauce, and it is often eaten in winter.

Where it is made

All of Gunma Prefecture

Main ingredients

Konjac (=yum cake), Miso

The name "Koshine-jiru" comes from the initials of each ingredients; "ko" from konjac, "shi" from shiitake mushroom, and "ne" from "negi"(=Japanese leek).

Where it is made

Tomioka City

Main ingredients

Konjac (yam cake), Shiitake mushroom, Japanese leek

Cold dry wind called ‘Karakkaze’ brows from mountains in winter in Gunma. Also, the climate is dry because it has less rain in winter.

Where it is made

All of Gunma Prefecture

Main ingredients

Yuzu, Daikon radish

Especially, various types of "Manju" (steamed bun with filling) such as those containing baking soda or "Soba" (buckwheat) are made, and among them, the distinctive one is "Yakimanju" (grilled…

Where it is made

All of Gunma Prefecture

Main ingredients

Wheat flour, Miso

One such regional dish made in the heartland of wheat production is "Gyuuten," a popular everyday food in Kiryu City.

Where it is made

Kiryu City

Main ingredients

Wheat flour