Regional food and famous sweets of Nagano
Highland climates and mountain farming support soba, wheat and buckwheat dumplings, pickles, mushrooms, and preserved foods.
Nagano is part of the Chubu region. This page lists the guides currently available in English.
5 guides in English
- Gohei MochiNagano
Gohei mochi is made by crushing cooked rice, pressing it around a flat skewer, coating it with a miso-based sauce containing walnuts, sesame or...
- Nagano Nozawana-zukeNagano
Nozawana-zuke salt-pickles long nozawana leaves and stems into a crisp green preserve.
- Nagano Sanzoku-yakiNagano
Despite its name meaning grilled food, Nagano sanzoku-yaki is usually a large piece of chicken marinated with garlic and soy sauce, dusted with starch...
- OyakiNagano
Oyaki is a Nagano dumpling made by enclosing vegetables, pickles, beans, or sweet fillings in a wheat- or buckwheat-based wrapper. Common fillings...
- Shinshu SobaNagano
Shinshu soba is the broad name for Nagano's buckwheat-noodle traditions, from finely cut seiro soba to regional forms such as Togakushi soba.