Regional food and famous sweets of Aomori
Apple-growing country and rich northern waters meet in seafood soups, preserved foods, and practical wheat-based dishes.
Aomori is part of the Hokkaido & Tohoku region. This page lists the guides currently available in English.
14 guides in English
- Aomori Ginger Miso OdenAomori
Aomori ginger miso oden covers dashi-simmered daikon, konnyaku, tofu and fish cakes with a sweet-savory miso sauce sharpened by grated ginger.
- Aomori Ika MenchiAomori
Ika menchi mixes chopped squid, including its tentacles, with onion, carrot and other vegetables, then binds and fries the mixture into a savory...
- Aomori Jappa-jiruAomori
Jappa-jiru cooks the head, bones and other flavorful parts of cod with daikon, tofu and vegetables in miso soup.
- Aomori Kaiyaki MisoAomori
Kaiyaki miso uses a large scallop shell as a small pan, heating stock, miso and ingredients such as scallop, fish or tofu before softly setting beaten...
- Aomori Keiran SoupAomori
Keiran places smooth-red-bean-filled rice cakes in a clear soy-seasoned stock, often with shiitake and mitsuba. The surprising contrast of sweet...
- Aomori Mame ShitogiAomori
Mame shitogi combines green soybeans, rice flour and sugar into a dense, gently sweet regional confection found around Aomori and neighboring Iwate.
- Aomori Soba KakkeAomori
Soba kakke cuts flat buckwheat dough into palm-sized triangles and boils them with daikon and tofu, then diners dip each soft, earthy piece in pungent...
- Aomori Tsugaru AmeAomori
Tsugaru ame is a thick amber syrup traditionally made by saccharifying glutinous rice or other grain starch with malt, giving it a mellow sweetness...
- Aomori-Iwate Nambu SenbeiAomori
Nambu senbei bake a simple wheat dough in round iron molds, leaving a crisp rim and often adding sesame seeds, peanuts or other regional ingredients.
- Hachinohe Ika Ponpon-yakiAomori
Ika ponpon-yaki is one of Aomori's grilled squid preparations. A characteristic version stuffs the squid body with chopped tentacles and miso before...
- IchigoniAomori
Ichigoni is a clear celebratory soup from the Hachinohe area of Aomori made with sea urchin and abalone in a lightly seasoned seafood broth. Despite...
- Senbei JiruAomori
Senbei jiru is a specialty of the Hachinohe area in southeastern Aomori. Pieces of firm, unsweetened Nanbu senbei are simmered with chicken, burdock...
- Shimokita BekomochiAomori
Bekomochi in Shimokita combines white and brown-sugar-colored rice dough, often shaping it like a leaf or arranging colored dough so a flower or...
- Tsugaru KenoshiruAomori
Kenoshiru finely dices daikon, carrot, burdock, mountain vegetables, konnyaku, fried tofu and freeze-dried tofu, then simmers them together in a miso...