Kansai Specialities

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Kansai Specialities

TEA , cha　茶

Omi tea in Shiga, Uji tea in Kyoto, Ise tea in Mie and Yamato tea in Nara are well-known Japanese teas of the Kansai region.
Each center produces an original tea that best suits the climate of the location.

But common to all tea cultivation areas are mountains or hills with excellent drainage and river valleys blessed with abundant high- quality water.
People say that the best tea is made using the water of the tea's own production center. This is because the tea varieties are improved so that the tea suits the area's water. In other words, the water in famous tea production centers is also tasty.
source : 　www.kippo.or.jp

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Sake
Kansai's famous sake sites 1: Nada
Kansai's famous sake sites 2: Fushimi

Ji Biiru, local Beer
Microbreweries in Kansai

Noodles
Soba
Somen
Udon

Tofu
Tofu
Yuba
Namafu

Sweets
Akafuku
Jelly from the waters of Kibune
Kuzu manju
Mitarashi dango
Taki-no-yakimochi
Tansan senbei


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Mie prefecture
三重県（伊勢神宮）Shrine Ise Jingu
Ise udon ... see menrui, udon.


Itoin Senbei, ito-in senbei いといんせんべい. 絲印煎餅
Senbei with a "stamp like a thread"
Made by Hadaya Shop 播田屋, who owns three old metal stamps.
They are specially soft and made with a stamp (in) from olden times. The imperial family likes to eat them on their round to Ise shrine.
There are only 7 senbei in one pack, since the time when Meiji tennoo could only eat 7 out of a pack with 10.
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Shiga prefecture
Oomi gyuu 近江牛 beef from Omi
Served at the Tokaido Station 48, Sakanoshita. Also served as raw as sashimi and as tataki, seared sharply and eaten with ponzu sauce and some spring onions.
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. . . Oomi Beef in the Edo period Ii Naosuke and Mito no Nariaki



Oomigyuu miso senbei 近江牛みそせんべい Senbei with miso beef

WASHOKU
Shiga Prefecture - Regional Dishes from Omi




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Related words

***** Kuzu Manju


***** WASHOKU : Regional Japanese Dishes

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