Regional food and famous sweets of Gunma
A major wheat-growing tradition supports noodles and flour-based snacks, alongside konjac and mountain vegetables.
Gunma is part of the Kanto region. This page lists the guides currently available in English.
10 guides in English
- Gunma Isobe SenbeiGunma
Isobe senbei are light, crisp wafers based on wheat flour and sugar and traditionally mixed with carbonated mineral water from Isobe Onsen. Shops...
- Gunma Konnyaku Miso OdenGunma
Konnyaku miso oden warms blocks or skewers of konnyaku in broth and coats them with a glossy sauce of miso, sugar and mirin.
- Gunma Koshine-jiruGunma
Koshine-jiru combines Gunma konnyaku, shiitake and negi scallion with local vegetables, pork and fried tofu in a substantial miso soup that is eaten...
- Gunma Namaimo Konnyaku CuisineGunma
Namaimo konnyaku uses grated fresh konjac corm rather than only refined powder, producing a more rustic aroma and resilient, uneven bite. It appears...
- Gunma OkkirikomiGunma
Okkirikomi simmers broad unboiled wheat noodles with seasonal vegetables in soy- or miso-seasoned broth.
- Gunma Sauce KatsudonGunma
Gunma sauce katsudon places freshly fried pork or other cutlets, dipped in a sweet, tangy Worcestershire-style sauce, directly over rice without egg.
- Gunma TabigarasuGunma
Tabigarasu sandwiches a light cream between two thin, crisp mineral-spring-style wafers, combining a delicate snap with mild sweetness.
- Gunma Tansan ManjuGunma
Tansan manju encloses sweet azuki paste in a wheat-flour dough raised with baking soda, giving the steamed bun a rustic texture and faint alkaline...
- Mizusawa UdonGunma
Mizusawa udon is a firm, glossy white noodle served around Mizusawa-dera temple near Ikaho in Gunma. It is most often presented cold on a bamboo tray...
- Yaki ManjuGunma
Yaki manju is a Gunma snack of soft fermented wheat buns skewered, coated generously with a sweet-savory miso glaze, and grilled until fragrant...