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Regional food and famous sweets of Kanagawa

12 guides in English

• Kamakura Hato SableKanagawa

  Hato Sable is a large dove-shaped biscuit with a clean butter aroma, firm but tender bite and simple sweetness.

• Kamakura Kenchin-jiruKanagawa

  Kenchin-jiru cooks tofu, daikon, carrot, burdock, taro and konjac in a clear soy-seasoned broth.

• Kanagawa Oyama Koma MonakaKanagawa

  Oyama Koma Monaka shapes crisp wafers like the colorful wooden spinning tops of Oyama and fills them with sweet bean paste.

• Odawara KamabokoKanagawa

  Odawara kamaboko grinds white fish with salt into a smooth elastic paste, shapes it over a wooden board and steams it into a glossy, springy fish...

• Oyama Tofu CuisineKanagawa

  Oyama tofu cuisine presents tofu in forms such as chilled tofu, yudofu, dengaku, sesame tofu and simmered dishes, highlighting fresh texture and...

• Sajima Herahera DangoKanagawa

  Herahera dango kneads wheat flour and joshinko rice flour into small flat dumplings, boils them and coats them generously in smooth or lightly...

• SanmamenKanagawa

  Sanmamen is a Yokohama-area ramen topped with stir-fried bean sprouts, vegetables, and often thinly sliced pork in a glossy starch-thickened sauce...

• Shirasu DonKanagawa

  Shirasu don is a bowl of rice topped with tiny juvenile fish, most often Japanese anchovy. Along Kanagawa's Shonan coast, diners may encounter fluffy...

• Tsukui Kanko-yakiKanagawa

  Kanko-yaki wraps a lightly fermented local-wheat dough around mountain vegetables, mushrooms, dried daikon, pickles, chestnut, adzuki, pumpkin, sweet...

• Yokohama Ariake HarborKanagawa

  Ariake Harbor forms a soft boat-shaped baked cake around a moist filling commonly made with chestnut and bean paste.

• Yokohama GyunabeKanagawa

  Gyunabe cooks beef with green onion, tofu, shirataki and other ingredients in a sweet-savory soy seasoning, often in a shallow iron pot.

• Yokosuka Kaigun CurryKanagawa

  Yokosuka kaigun curry is a mild Japanese curry with meat and vegetables, presented as a local interpretation of curry eaten in the former Imperial...