In the past, the Iya region of Tokushima was surrounded by mountains, and the climate was considered difficult for rice to grow.

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Iya area of Miyoshi City and all over the prefecture

主要食材

Buckwheat rice

During the autumn festival season, "tadasushi," a type of sushi made by leaving various types of fish in their original form, is often eaten in Tokushima.

流傳地區

Southern part of Japan, all over the prefecture

主要食材

Bouze

Dekomawashi" is a local dish of Iya area in Miyoshi City. Bite-sized potatoes, buckwheat dumplings, rock tofu, and round konnyaku are skewered and grilled with miso sauce.

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Iya area, Miyoshi City

主要食材

Potatoes, konnyaku, tofu, etc.

Handa Somen" produced in Handa district of Tsurugi-cho has a long history.

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Handa district of Tsurugi-cho and all over the prefecture

主要食材

Somen noodles

Iya soba is a local dish representative of the Iya region. Made with 100% local buckwheat flour, it is the soul food of the Iya region.

流傳地區

Iya area, Miyoshi City

主要食材

buckwheat

"Shusse imo" is a local food devised among the variety of tuber dishes that are made. Steamed taro were fit into a cylinder, wrapped with smooth red bean paste and sliced into rounds.

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Kaiyo Town, southern part of prefecture

主要食材

Taro or sweet potatoes, azuki beans

"Awa uiro" is called one of Japan's top three uiro (sweet rice jelly) along with "Nagoya uiro" and "Yamaguchi uiro."

流傳地區

All areas within the prefecture

主要食材

Azuki beans (sarashian or koshian), joshinko, sugar (or Awa wasanbon)

Among them is “hangoroshi,” which resemble “ohagi” (rice ball coated in red bean paste), a local food particularly loved in the Aioi area that is made with both sticky and non-sticky rice.

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Naka Town (Aioi area)

主要食材

Sticky rice,ice flour

Among these, oshizushi, or pressed sushi, is familiar in the areas around Kaiyo and Mugi.

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Kaiyo (Mugi, Kainan region)

主要食材

Rice, yuzu vinegar, vegetables such as carrots, burdock root etc

"Iri-meshi" is a dish in which whitebait is seasoned with vinegar or sauce sauce, then mixed with rice along with other ingredients such as fish cake, shiitake mushroom, konnyaku, and burdock root.

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Sanagochi Village, Saga District

主要食材

Chirimen (tiny whitebait), shiitake mushroom, konnyaku, rice

Barazushi is made by mixing red kidney beans sweetly boiled with soy sauce and sugar as well as seasonal ingredients with vinegared rice.

流傳地區

The entire prefecture

主要食材

Rice, red kidney beans, konjac, carrots, burdock, chikuwa, whitebait, grilled fish, etc.

Many different kinds of zoni soup are made throughout the country, but the "Uchigae zoni" made in the Iya area of Miyoshi city is particularly unique.

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Iya Area, Miyoshi City

主要食材

Iwadofu (stone tofu), taro

Narae is a dish made by blending seven ingredients (daikon radish, carrots, deep-fried tofu, sesame, lotus root, dried shiitake mushrooms, and konjac) with sanbaizu (vinegar).

流傳地區

All areas in Tokushima

主要食材

Daikon radish, carrots, deep-fried tofu, sesame, lotus root, dried shiitake mushrooms, konjac, etc.

Yuzu is also used in a variety of dishes, including "Yubeshi", a preserved food popular in the prefecture, which is made by boiling down the peel of yuzu with sugar and soy sauce.

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Nakacho (upstream of Naka River), Katsuura District, Kamikatsu

主要食材

Yuzu

"Omiisan" refers to porridge seasoned with miso. In the old days, miso was called "mii," which became "omiisan" by adding the honorific "o" and "san".

流傳地區

All of Tokushima Prefecture

主要食材

Miso, rice, satoimo(=Japanese taro), daikon radish, daikon radish's leaves

"Chagome" is rice with sweet beans. The rice is cooked with roasted fava beans and granulated sugar, resulting in an overall brown color rice.

流傳地區

All of Tokushima Prefecture

主要食材

Fava beans, rice

“Denbu” is one of such dishes and is also referred to as “odenbu”, “orenbu”, and “renbu”, and is similar to “gomoku mame” (=simmered soybeans with vegetables).

流傳地區

All of Tokushima Prefecture

主要食材

Kintokimame(=red kidney beans), carrots, daikon radish, gobou (=burdock)

“Kitou Yuzu” is used in “yubeshi”, yuzu juice, and for “Yuzu Kan”, a popular refreshing dessert also known as yuzu jelly.

流傳地區

Naka Town

主要食材

Yuzu

"Ise Ebi," commonly known as Japanese spiny lobster, is renowned as a luxury ingredient. However, this "Ise Ebi no Miso Soup" is a rare home-cooked dish that has been passed down through generations.

流傳地區

Minami Town

主要食材

Japanese Spiny Lobster

Imo-mochi is a confection made by wrapping sweet red bean paste in a dough made from steamed glutinous rice flour and sweet potatoes.

流傳地區

All of Tokushima Prefecture

主要食材

Sweet potato, Glutinous rice flour or Glutinous rice, Sweet red bean paste

The "Shima Somen" enjoyed in Mugi Town, Tokushima Prefecture, is distinct from typical somen, because it uses broth made by simmering fish instead of mentsuyu.

流傳地區

Mugi Town

主要食材

Somen

While it is commonly made with ingredients like pumpkin, "Awa no Itokoni" uses sweet potatoes.

流傳地區

All of Tokushima Prefecture

主要食材

Sweet potato, Azuki bean (or Black-eyed pea)

The "Naruto Tai" (=Naruto sea bream) caught in Naruto City, Tokushima Prefecture, is one of the top-class premium fish in the country.

流傳地區

All of Tokushima Prefecture

主要食材

Sea bream, Rice

One of the most eaten is "Shiro Miso Zou-ni" (cloudy white miso soup). It is made by dissolving white Miso paste in Dash(Japanese soup stock) made from dried sardines and kombu(kelp).

流傳地區

All of Tokushima prefecture

主要食材

White Miso, Rice cake, Chicken, Kamaboko (=fish cake), Satoimo (=Japanese Taro), Komatsuna(=Japanese Mustard Spinach) etc.

Long time ago, there was less rice available in rural areas, so local foods used buckwheat or buckwheat rice instead of white rice were popular in Tokushima. ‘Houhan’, one of these foods, is…

流傳地區

Western region, Awa Town, Handa Town, Sadamitsu Town, Tsurugi Town

主要食材

Buckwheat, Chicken, Thin fried tofu, Carrot, Daikon radish, Chikuwa(fish cake), etc.

Dried ‘zuiki’ is used for local dishes like ‘Omiisan’ or ‘mixed sushi’, or miso soup, or simmered to serve as a side dish. ‘Zukigashi’ is also one of the local dishes.

流傳地區

All of Tokushima Prefecture

主要食材

‘Zuiki’

"Ayu-rousui" refers to a porridge containing a whole Ayu (Sweetfish). Ayu-rosui is a Japanese word for "zosui," which is sometimes called "ire-rosui".

流傳地區

Katsuura Town

主要食材

Ayu (Sweetfish), Rice

Hirara-yaki is made by heating a flat stone and grilling fish and vegetables on it with miso. The name "Hirara-yaki" comes from the flat stone called "Hirara" in Japanese.

流傳地區

Iya Area, Miyoshi City

主要食材

Amego(trout), Tofu, Konjac(=yam cake), fresh Shiitake mushrooms, etc.

"Hotayokan" is a steamed bread-like confection.

流傳地區

All of Tokushima Prefecture

主要食材

Brown sugar, Cake flour, Baking soda, Myouban (alum)

Hasuimo, eaten mainly in Tokushima and Kochi, is a type of satoimo(=Japanese taro).

流傳地區

Southern Part

主要食材

Hasuimo stem, swordfish