Regional food of Chugoku
Regional dishes and sweets from western Honshu, linking the Sea of Japan, the Seto Inland Sea, and mountain communities.
This curated English section currently features 14 representative guides. The Japanese edition contains the full archive.
- Hiroshima Anago MeshiHiroshima
Anago meshi places fragrant grilled conger eel glazed with tare over rice seasoned with eel broth or sauce.
- Hiroshima Kaki no Dote NabeHiroshima
Kaki no dote nabe cooks oysters, tofu and vegetables as miso spread around the pot rim dissolves into the broth.
- Hiroshima-Style OkonomiyakiHiroshima
Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki layers a thin crepe, a large mound of cabbage and bean sprouts, pork, noodles, egg, and sauce on a hot griddle. The...
- Momiji ManjuHiroshima
Momiji manju is a maple-leaf-shaped cake from Hiroshima, especially associated with Miyajima. The classic version encloses smooth red bean paste in a...
- Hinase KakiokoOkayama
Kakioko cooks a generous amount of oysters into an okonomiyaki-style pancake, combining crisp batter, cabbage, sauce and briny shellfish.
- Kibi DangoOkayama
Kibi dango is a small, soft Okayama confection most commonly made from glutinous rice, sugar, and starch or syrup; recipes do not always contain...
- Okayama Bara ZushiOkayama
Okayama bara zushi is a festive dish of vinegared rice with an abundant arrangement of seafood, omelet, lotus root, shiitake, vegetables, and regional...
- Izumo SobaShimane
Izumo soba is a dark, aromatic Shimane noodle traditionally made from buckwheat milled with more of the outer grain than many pale soba styles. It has...
- Lake Shinji Shijimi SoupShimane
Shijimi jiru is a clear or miso-seasoned soup filled with small freshwater clams. Shimane's version is closely associated with the dark-shelled Yamato...
- Daisen OkowaTottori
Daisen okowa is a savory glutinous-rice dish from communities around Mount Daisen in Tottori. Mountain vegetables, mushrooms, burdock, carrot...
- Kani JiruTottori
Kani jiru is a Tottori winter soup made with female snow crab, locally called oyagani and also known as seikogani in parts of the Sea of Japan coast...
- Iwakuni ZushiYamaguchi
Iwakuni zushi presses layers of vinegared rice, lotus root, seasoned fish, shiitake and egg in a large wooden mold.
- Kawara SobaYamaguchi
Kawara soba is a Yamaguchi dish of green-tea noodles arranged on a heated roof tile with sweet-savory beef, shredded omelet, green onion, seaweed...
- Shimonoseki Fuku CuisineYamaguchi
Shimonoseki is Japan's best-known center for pufferfish cuisine, locally called fuku, a name that also evokes good fortune. Meals may include...