Regional food and famous sweets of Tokushima
Mountain farming, Naruto seafood, citrus, and creative uses of buckwheat and preserved ingredients define local foodways.
Tokushima is part of the Shikoku region. This page lists the guides currently available in English.
11 guides in English
- Iya DekomawashiTokushima
Dekomawashi threads local goshiimo potato, firm tofu, imo-konnyaku and soba dumplings onto bamboo, coats them in sweet-savory miso and turns the...
- Soba Gome ZosuiTokushima
Soba gome zosui is a Tokushima soup that uses whole hulled buckwheat kernels instead of noodles. The tender grains simmer with chicken, vegetables...
- Tarai UdonTokushima
Tarai udon is a communal Tokushima noodle dish served with its hot cooking water in a large wooden tub. Diners gather around the tub and transfer the...
- Tokushima Awa UiroTokushima
Awa uiro is a softly sweet, chewy steamed confection enjoyed in Tokushima as a tea sweet and souvenir.
- Tokushima Boze Sugata-zushiTokushima
Boze sugata-zushi opens a whole butterfish from the back, cures it with vinegar or Tokushima sudachi and fills it with vinegared rice, preserving the...
- Tokushima Budo ManjuTokushima
Budo Manju places several small round bean-paste sweets on short skewers so the clustered pieces resemble a bunch of grapes, though the classic...
- Tokushima Handa SomenTokushima
Handa somen is a notably thick and resilient hand-stretched noodle made in the Handa area of Tsurugi, Tokushima, with more chew than typical fine...
- Tokushima Iya SobaTokushima
Iya soba is a rustic buckwheat noodle tradition from the deep mountain valleys of Miyoshi in Tokushima, commonly described by relatively thick, short...
- Tokushima Kincho ManjuTokushima
Kincho Manju wraps smooth white-bean paste in a moist cocoa-flavored cake shell, creating a compact baked sweet with a Japanese-Western taste.
- Tokushima Mame-tamaTokushima
Mame-tama is Tokushima okonomiyaki containing sweet-simmered kintoki beans. The beans create a distinctive contrast with the savory griddled batter...
- Tokushima SaoshikaTokushima
Saoshika steams a fine batter containing yam and rice ingredients with scattered azuki beans, creating a moist rectangular cake whose pattern recalls...