Regional food and famous sweets of Kagoshima
Satsuma food heritage, pork, sweet potatoes, fish cakes, brown sugar, and steamed confections.
Kagoshima is part of the Kyushu & Okinawa region. This page lists the guides currently available in English.
13 guides in English
- Amami KeihanKagoshima
Keihan is an Amami Oshima dish in which shredded chicken, thin omelet, shiitake, green onion, citrus peel, pickles, and seaweed are arranged over...
- Kagoshima ChabushiKagoshima
Chabushi puts bonito flakes, miso, scallion and ginger in a bowl and pours over hot green tea or water, turning the flakes into both broth and...
- Kagoshima Fukure-gashiKagoshima
Fukure-gashi mixes wheat flour, dark brown sugar, egg, water and baking soda into a simple batter and steams it into a tall, moist brown cake with a...
- Kagoshima GetanhaKagoshima
Getanha cuts a plain wheat cake into triangular pieces and soaks or coats them in dark brown-sugar syrup, producing a moist, dense and strongly sweet...
- Kagoshima Kakaran DangoKagoshima
Kakaran dango folds mugwort, adzuki, sweet potato or brown sugar into a soft rice cake, may enclose dark bean paste, and steams it inside the broad...
- Kagoshima Kibinago DishesKagoshima
Tiny silver-striped kibinago are arranged as chrysanthemum-shaped sashimi with vinegared miso, or cooked whole in salt grilling, tempura, nanbanzuke...
- Kagoshima Sake-zushiKagoshima
Sake-zushi layers cooled rice with bamboo shoots, shiitake, fish, shrimp, kamaboko and shredded egg in a deep tub, moistens it generously with...
- Kagoshima Satsuma-ageKagoshima
Satsuma-age seasons ground fish, shapes it and fries it until springy and fragrant; Kagoshima versions often have a noticeable sweetness.
- Kagoshima Satsuma-jiruKagoshima
Satsuma-jiru simmers chicken with daikon, carrot, burdock, shiitake, konnyaku and scallion in dashi, then dissolves miso into the rich broth; some...
- Kagoshima ShirokumaKagoshima
Shirokuma covers finely shaved ice with condensed milk and a colorful arrangement of fruit, beans and jelly.
- Kagoshima Tonkotsu StewKagoshima
Kagoshima tonkotsu browns or blanches chunky bone-in pork, then slowly braises it with daikon, konnyaku, miso, brown sugar and shochu until the meat...
- KarukanKagoshima
Karukan is a white steamed confection from Kagoshima made with grated yam, rice flour, and sugar. It has a light, springy texture and a restrained...
- South Kyushu AkumakiKagoshima
Akumaki soaks glutinous rice and bamboo sheaths in food-grade wood-ash lye, ties the rice loosely inside the sheath and cooks it for hours until...