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Grade B Gourmet in Okayama prefecture

The movement for cheap, fast, local food is growing rapidly.
Recently there was a special in our local magazine JAKEN about the regional

Grade B Gourmet of Okayama.


My hometown of Misaki-Cho is one of them.
美咲町　たまごかけごはん




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Tamagokake gohan TKG 卵かけご飯 / 卵掛けご飯
boiled rice with raw egg


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Specialities from Kume Town
久米道の駅グルメ





the Jumbo Piman Gyoza
from Kume in my neighbourhood

久米道の駅グルメ



janboo piiman ジャンボピーマン jumbo green pepper

One of the specialities of the local farmers in Kume.

It is also processed to　senbei rice crackers
久米の里　ジャンピーせんべい




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B-kyuu gurume ... Second Class Gourmet
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Grade B Gourmet


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おかやま地産地消弁当コンクール
Contest of local bento lunchboxes with ingredients from Okayama


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Grade B Gourmet Meeting in Tsuyama

おかやまＢ級グルメフェスタin津山
B Kyu Gurume .. Festa in Tsuyama

March 20 / 21, 2010 in Tsuyama town, Okayama


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. B-1 Grand Prix - Aichi Toyokawa .
November 2012 - Ｂ-１グランプリin 豊川


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Gotochi Gurmet B kyu

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Gotochi Gurmet (gotoochi gurume)

gotoochi gurume ご当地グルメ
regional gourmet food

These efforts are part of the "town revival gourmet" machiokoshi gurume 町おこしグルメ.
People would travel and even make bus tours just to get some local food:
Gotochi Food, local specialities

kankoo gurume 観光グルメ, tourism gourmet.

gotoochi no zeppin ”ご当地の絶品”　gotochi zeppin



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Throughout Japan, there are local specialties deeply rooted in the respective regions called "Gotochi Food". Many people visit such regions to enjoy delicious dishes featuring local ingredients.

In many cases, the same kind of food may differ in taste and how it is eaten. A good example of such is Ramen. Depending on the region, the thickness and shape of the noodles as well as the color and flavor of the broth may be completely different.
Seasonings such as soy sauce and sauce do not taste the same everywhere you do because of the different preferences of flavor according to respective parts of the country. Moreover, some of the regions have their own unique seasonings.
Cattle, pigs, and chickens raised with utmost care are sold as expensive locally-bred brand meat.

There also are Sake that can only be savored in the respective regions and fruits that can be found no where else but in that certain area.
Meanwhile, some of the local specialties have rapidly become so popular ever since they were first introduced in the past dozen years or so that their names are recognized by the majority of the Japanese.
By tasting different local specialties, you will certainly be surprised at how many varieties there are. It would be a great idea to enjoy all the tastes each region has to offer.
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Akkeshi gurume paaku 厚岸グルメパーク Gourmet Park Akkeshi
Hokkaido, in the south west of Hokkaido
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Fujinomiya is gearing up with
yakisoba, even with a special song about it, yakisoba ondo 焼き蕎麦おんど　（音頭)
More than 37 big and small shops care for the visitors from many places. This has helped the town to get more visitors and more life into its shopping streets.
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The characteristics of the noodles of "Fujinomiya Yakisoba"
http://www.umya-yakisoba.com/echaryki.htm



shigureyaki, shigure yaki しぐれやき, しぐれ焼 a kind of okonomiyaki with yakisoba,
with a fried egg on top to symbolize snow on Mount Fuji
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shigure means "cold autumn rain, sleet".


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Map of Japan with regional dishes

gotoochi otsumami setto ご当地おつまみセット
sets of local specialities, mostly sold on the internet these days.
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Nagasaki has a Sasebo Burger. 佐世保バーガー
Sasebo baagaa
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Nagoya no tebasaki age 名古屋　手羽先揚げ
deep-fried chicken wings from Nagoya
This was invented after the war, when a cook forgot to order whole chicken for his "Tarzan Fried Chicken". All that was left were the wings, which at that time were only used for making soup stock. He used the lot of wings, prepared it like his deep-fried chicken kara-age, with a special sauce, pepper, salt and sesame seed sprinkeld on top ... and started a hit in his small shop. He is now 80 years (in 2010) and the small restaurant still a favorite spot of many.
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Niimi Town, Okayama 新見市岡山県
inoshishi raamen いのししラーメン　with wild boar meat
This soup is also served in North Kyoto 京北町.

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Shizuoka Maguro Burger
Sakai Minato Maguro Burger (Tottori)
maguro baagaa まぐろバーガー tuna burger

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B-kyuu gurume ... Second Class Gourmet
Ｂ級グルメ bii kyuu gurume


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おかやまＢ級グルメフェスタin津山
B Kyu Gurume .. Festa in Tsuyama, March 20/21, 2010
Okayama prefecture




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Grade B Gourmet Meeting in Tsuyama



. Hiruzen Yakisoba 蒜山焼そば / ひるぜん焼そば
fried noodles from Hiruzen Highlands


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The B-class-food boom reveals true Japanese cuisine
By PHILIP BRASOR
Two weeks ago, an advisory panel to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries recommended it apply to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization for recognition of Japanese cuisine kaiseki ryōri, as an intangible cultural asset.
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The panel might be better off taking a hint from the B-kyū (B-class) Gourmet movement, whose annual orgy of down-home gastronomy, the B1 Gold Grand Prix, was held last weekend in Himeji, Hyogo Prefecture. A record half-million people attended the festival to sample original concoctions from 63 localities and select the dish they liked best, which this year was Hiruzen yakisoba, stir-fry noodles with chicken and cabbage from the town of Miniwa in Okayama Prefecture. The winner won a golden trophy in the shape of a pair of chopsticks.

But what Maniwa mainly won is the kind of media exposure that amounts to billions of yen if translated into advertising terms. The Grand Prix was not only covered by all the major news shows, including NHK's, but many of the dishes that placed in the Top 10 were highlighted in depth; meaning film crews were dispatched to the places where these dishes originated in order to produce tokushū (special reports) about the food and the people who make it.



What's that worth? Fujinomiya, the town in Shizuoka Prefecture that has won the Grand Prix twice for its own style of yakisoba, claims that the dish has enriched the local economy to the tune of ¥44 billion since 2001. In the three months after Atsugi in Kanagawa Prefecture won the 2008 GP, the town reaped ¥3 billion from people who came to eat its prize-winning Shirokoro horumon (stewed guts). Kofu, the capital of Yamanashi Prefecture, saw the number of its visitors increase fourfold in the year since the city won the GP in 2010.

The B-kyū movement has been ascendant for years — the Grand Prix was launched in 2006 — and is being hailed as one of the few successful schemes for revitalizing rural and ex-urban areas, though "scheme" may not be the right word. B-kyū sprung up organically, without help from a coordinating entity. The various related trademarks are held by the committee that puts on the Grand Prix, but this organ simply filled a centralized public relations need that had grown large by the mid-2000s as more and more local governments endeavored to take advantage of the general public's interest in regional home cooking.

To anyone who watches Japanese TV at all, the B-kyū boom is hardly surprising. So many variety shows incorporate the preparation and eating of food that the Western genre known as "cooking shows" has no meaning here. More significantly, travel shows are often centered on seeking out exceptional dishes, and while regional cuisines have been around as long as there have been regions, Japanese TV has standardized the promotion of local foods with a production style built around the money shot of a celebrity taking that first mouthful, pondering its quality and then erupting in ecstatic praise over the amazing flavor.

Everybody knows the drill, which is why nobody is impressed any more. After decades of watching the same reaction repeated over and over, viewers invariably become jaded. They know travel shows are inexpensive to produce because small businesses offer free food and accommodations in exchange for exposure, and so the on-air talent has no choice but to effuse over everything they put in their mouths. It's not that the public doesn't believe the food is delicious; only that the producers' priorities have little to do with honesty.

B-kyū could partly be seen as backlash: viewers telling the media what's good rather than the other way around. The very name, "B-kyū," rejects the notion that people want something approved by someone whose authority on the matter is arbitrary and, by implication, snobbish. It's a movement that belongs to everyone. Now there are a number of programs that explore regional peculiarities on the locals' terms, most notably Nihon TV's "Kenmin Show." But they followed the trend, they didn't spark it.

It's this anti-elitism that people find gratifying and which may disqualify B-kyū for UNESCO's imprimatur for the same reason kaiseki would have been rejected. By definition, regional cooking, especially that which was designed to be cheap and resourceful (many B-kyū dishes started out as something to sell at local festivals), can only be representative of a small group. But that's what makes Japanese food great, if not exactly unique. Ingredients and cooking methods vary widely, but are less important than the enthusiasm of the consumer. As Japanese people are always quick to tell you, they'll eat anything as long as it tastes good.
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Digging in: the rise of B-kyū gurume

Everyman Eats is a new column about the phenomenon of B-kyuū gurume (B-grade gourmet) — inexpensive, down-home cooking that reflects local culinary traditions. This first installment considers 10 moments that helped shape the recent B-kyū boom.

Ramen hits the big screen (1985)
Director Juzo Itami's award-winning comedy "Tampopo" premiered during a national craze for Ogikubo Ramen ...

Noodle Mecca Kanagawa (1994)
When the Shinyokohama Ramen Museum opened in 1994, ...
Tokyo's Gyoza Stadium (2002) and Yokohama's Cup Noodles Museum (2011).

Takeru Kobayashi conquers (2001)
the 2001 Nathan's Annual Hot Dog Eating Contest

Ladies welcome at Kohmen (2002)
in a yakiniku (barbecue) restaurant ...

Kimukatsu slices the field (2003)
the cutlets at Kanto-based tonkatsu chain Kimukatsu. ...

B-1 Grand Prix pulls a crowd (2006)
B-kyū gurume's rise from local fad to national obsession
from Hokkaido fried noodles to Okayama tripe udon —

Ishi-chan makes it B-I-G (2007)

Every populist movement needs a mascot, and B-kyū gurume found its own in plus-size comedian Hidehiko Ishizuka. Clad in bovine-print overalls and armed with a bulletproof gullet, the portly "gourmet reporter" has made a career of touring down-home restaurants on such shows as TV Tokyo's "Ganso! Debuya" ("Original! Big Eaters"). His euphoric cry of pleasure — "Maiu!" — has become a national catchphrase.
("Maiu!" - U MAI it tasts sooo good!)

Ippudo takes Manhattan (2008)
in New York's trendy East Village. ...

Noodles gets co-opted (2010)
Udon restaurant Mendokoro Nakajima, which opened in 2010 in the Hotel New Otani Tokyo,

B-kyū gurume goes mobile (2012)
Bookstores ... guides to B-kyū gurume, ...
Gotochi B-kyū Gurume Keitei app ...

source : Japan Times, June 29, 2012


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jisan jishoo 自産自消 self-produced, self-consumed



Locally produced food and fish is prepared, for example in school luncheons or official buildings.
Many regions are trying to install new green values in the consumers.
This is a new word, maybe since 2008.

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Tsuyama B Grade Gourmet

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Grade B Gourmet Meeting in Tsuyama


March 20 / 21, 2010 in Tsuyama town, Okayama

おかやまＢ級グルメフェスタin津山
B Kyu Gurume .. Festa in Tsuyama

B Kyu Gurume is the buzzword of Japan these days.
It means cheap local food, served in local restaurants. They have now banded together and make Japan-wide events like this one to sample regional dishes. There is also a prize to be won for the best gourmet dish.





This turned out to be quite an event!

Just the logistics were impressive. The roads on one-way trafic only, frequent buses running from the station and parking lots in the area (some about 6 km further south of the main event area), nearby people selling their front yards for parking for as much as 1000 yen (about 10 dollars) ...
Rows of extra toilets and tank rolleys on many spots to provide extra water.
Electricity generators humming everywhere.
Police patrols and guards everywhere, to make sure the car traffic was smooth around the area.


Blessed with extra warm spring weather, it was really a day to spend there with the family. The beautiful mountains gave the whole colorful space a great feeling of spring and bubbeling life !




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The food was actually not really cheap.

For a simple burger with real beaf from nearby Nagi village we payed 400 yen (about 4 dollars !)

and a small sandwich with a cutlet (not even a letuce leaf was added) was as much as 700 yen !










People waiting in long lines just to get a bite !




It was well worth the experience !

All the smells mixed in the area, smiling people, crying babies, happy families,
and then to decide what to sample next ...


A friend called in the evening telling us there were more than

65.000 people attending today !


Whow, and how about tomorrow ?
They are expecting the same number!


Sunday morning, 21 of March

We had a terrible storm and got a lot of yellow sand from the Gobi desert.
I hope things will go smooth today !

Despite the hard night, there were again many visitors.
In fact, the newspaper reported

150.000 visitors on two days ! ! !

That is 50.000 more than expected, and all wanted to eat well.

There were three different main grounds
with 54 different offers of regional food:

28 stalls on the Southern Ground,
17 stalls on the Northern Ground
7 stalls on the Hamburger Ground
8 stalls on the local ground

Some people had to wait more than four hours on the second day to reach the front of the waiting line of favorite food stalls.


つやま地域産品まつり
つやま夢みのり通信
On the walk between the grounds there was another set of 55 stalls selling local specialities from Tsuyama town.

作州お肉まつり Meat from the Sakushu region


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Some specialities

the official Japanese website
http://b-tsuyama.com/



botanbachijiru ぼたんバチ汁 from 美作市
with wild boar meat and local miso paste

kimuoko キムオコ kimchee okonomiyaki from 吉備中央町


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風薫る　Ｂ級グルメの二日間
kaze kaoru - bii kyuu gurume no futuska-kan

fragrant spring breeze ...
two days of local gourmet
food tasting

Gabi Greve, March 2010


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B-kyuu gurume ... Second Class Gourmet
Ｂ級グルメ
Grade B Gourmet


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Fast Food (faasuto fuudo)

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The condition for fast food is
fast, cheap, easy to get ... and yet it must be delicious.


There are some new namings for this in Japan

shominha gurume 庶民派グルメ gourmet food for the people
bii kyuu gurume B級グルメ B-class gourmet food

arenji gurume アレンジグルメ　"food arranged for gourmets"


And fast food is often eaten while standing, tachigui たちぐい (立ち食い), some noodle soup shops have only space to stand in order to be able to handle a large number of clients in a short time, such as the lunch break in the city, where thousands come out of their office to grab some food.
This is a topic in itself, for example trucks with a load full of obento selling just for the lunch-hour time.


Some famous stores have visitors stand in line waiting for their turn, gyooretsu no dekiru mise/meibutsu 行列のできる店.
There is even a noodle soup series from Nisshin about famous soup stores:
日清 行列のできる店のラーメン



B-class gurmet, reminds me of "The Recessionista" movement in USA.
dining out


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日本 マクドナルド McDonald's Japan
Maku donarudo
http://www.mcdonalds.co.jp/
Since december 2010, McDonalds also offers meals on wheels, haitatsu マクドナルドの配達.




tsukimi baagaa 月見バーガー tsukimi burger
Hamburger for moon viewing.
new in 2010 !


. Lunar Burger .
kinkan nisshoku 金環日食 golden ring solar eclipse
May 21, 2012


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. Daruma baagaa だるまバーガー　Daruma Hamburger .

Shrimp Cotelette, Ebi Katsu



hanbaagaa ハンバーガー American Hamburgers
have taken to many Japanese versions.
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chainiizu baagaa チャイニーズバーガー Chinese burger
sometimes with shark fin
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iwashi baagaa, iwashi hanbaagu いわしハンバーグ
burger with sardine meat
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Kinpira Burger with kinpira vegetables.


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MOS Burger, Mosburger (モスバーガー, Mosu bāgā), from the initial letters of "Mountain Ocean Sun"
MOS Rice Burger uses a bun made of rice mixed with barley and millet.
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MOS no nama yasai な生野菜 with fresh vegetables

Rice Burger ライスバーガー with pressed rice instead of a bun (some say the Hamburger version of onigiri rice balls...)

MOS burger with 100 % Japanese meat 国産肉100％
MOS burger offers local ingredients at certain restrictions

chiiki gentei 地域限定 only in this region
kikan gentei 期間限定 only at a certain time of year
kisetsu gentei 季節限定 only in a certains eason


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"Tobikiri Hamburger Sandwich"
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Sasebo Burger. 佐世保バーガー Sasebo baagaa
Nagasaki


Teriyaki Burger with chicken

TBA.

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Chinese buns 中華まん chuuka man
nikuman 肉まん meat buns
anman あんまん sweet buns
have taken to many Japanese versions.
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buta man 豚まん with pork meat filling
gyooza man 餃子まん with gyoza filling
karee man カレーまん with curry filling
pizza man ピザまん

TBA.

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Hanbaiki 販売機 vending maschines for food


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abare-ichi あばれ市 "Wild market sales" extra cheap sales days

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Aemono ... Japanese dressing

Agri-fashion アグリファッション Agrifashion
Agrizm(アグリズム) Magazine

Akiyama Tokukzo 秋山徳蔵 cook for the Tenno (1888 - 1974)


ame-uri, ameuri 飴売り vendor of candy in Edo

Ameyoko あめよこ (アメ横)Cheap shopping alley, from Ueno to Okachimachi
..... Reference: Kappabashi for plastic food

Anecdotes about Japanese Food

Aomonochoo　青物町 Aomonocho "vegetable" district

Asagohan, asameshi ... Japanese Breakfast

Asaichi, Morning Market (asa ichi, asa-ichi 日本三大朝市) Morgenmarkt

Asian Food Regulation Information Service



Bamboo, as food or tool in daily life

B Kyuu Gurume Ｂ級グルメ Second Class Gourmet B-kyū gurume

Bento and Ekiben Lunchpakete und O-Bento am Bahnhof

Bizenyaki, Pottery from Bizen

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Bunraku and Joruri 文楽.浄瑠璃 and wasabi


Chanoko, 茶の子　Snack served with tea (cha no ko, o-cha no ko)

Cherry Blossom Time ... some Food Kigo

Chinmi, special delicasies

Chuka Ryori, chuuka ryoori 中華料理 Chinese Food
Chinatown 中華街 in Yokohama, Kobe and Nagasaki

conbini コンビニ / コンビニエンスストア convenience store Combini

Containers for food, new materials P-Plus Ｐ-プラス


Daidokoro 台所　(だいどころ) Japanese Kitchen

Daietto ダイエット Diet and fasting ... the extreme : Sokushinbutsu 即身仏

Dango 団子 Dumplings of all kinds
... Tsukimi and MORE dango ...

Danshi Gohan 男子ごはん, 太一×ケンタロウ men are cooking !
. . . bentoo danshi 弁当男子 lunchbox men

Daruma and Food ... LINKS

Dengaku 田楽 dance and food

doggii baggu　ドッギーバッグ　 doggy bag

Donburi　丼 Bowl of rice with topping


Ecotarian Food エコタリアン Slow food, スローフード


EDO : 100 Favorite Dishes of Edo 江戸料理百選

Edo no Shokubunka 江戸の食文化 Food Culture of Edo, LINK list

Edo-Vegetables (Edo yasai 江戸伝統野菜)

Edo wazurai 江戸患い "the Illness of Edo"

Ekiben 駅弁 Station Lunch Boxes ABC-Index, Lunchpaket vom Bahnhof

Expo, exhibitions, food fairs and more food news


Famine in spring (shunkyuu) Famine in Japanese History. kikin 飢饉

Fast Food Gourmet ... the Japanese Versionshominha gurume 庶民派グルメ

Food Crisis Worldwide

Food safety in Japan

Fucha ryori, fucha ryoori 普茶料理 Chinese monk quisine of the Obaku sect of Zen

funaryoori 船料理 (ふなりょうり) food served on board a ship or boat

Functional Foods 特定保健用食品 tokuho
Food for Specified Health Uses (FOSHU)
- - - . 機能性表示食品 kinosei hyoji shokuhin .
new labels in May 2015


Furikake and Ochazuke ... toppings for a bowl of rice 振り掛け, お茶漬け

Futsukayoi ふつかよい(二日酔い/ 宿酔 )
hangover and its natural remedies


Gangu 郷土玩具 Folk Toys
manjuu kui ningyo 饅頭食い人形 doll eating a manju bun

Geemu ゲーム Games and Food yasai karuta 野菜かるた and more

. Goroawase　語呂合わせ　wordplay with food .

goshiki 五色 the five colors and food

Gyaru ギャル gals, girls
noogyaru 農ギャル /　ノギャル　 nogyaru, farming girls
ugyaru 魚ギャル / ウギャル fishing girls

Gyuunyuu 牛乳 and so 蘇（そ） milk products of the Asuka period


Hachi 八 The Lucky Number Eight - 8

Hakubutsukan, 食文化博物館 　 Food Museums and Theme Parks

Hanbaiki 販売機 vending maschines for food

Hanga and Nihonga ... 版画 / 日本画 Japanese Food in Art

Hara hachibu ... eating only 80% of your capacity an Okinawan diet

Hatago (旅籠, 旅篭) lodgings, inns and guest houses

History of Japanese Food
- - - Food and Drink in the Heian Period (794 to 1185) 平安時代

hiyashimono 冷し物 cold food
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kanshoku 寒食 (かんしょく) "cold food" for a ritual in Okinawa

Hocho, wabocho . 和包丁. Knife, knives (hoochoo, waboochoo)

Hooroku 焙烙 / 炮烙 / ホーロク / ほうろくearhten roasting pot and Hooroku Jizo ほうろく地蔵 and a kyogen play, 炮烙割り "smashing pots"

Horegusuri ほれぐすり(惚れ薬, 惚薬) love potion


Italian Food (itarian ryoori イタリアン料理)made in Japan


Joomon, Jōmon 縄文時代 Jomon Peroid Cooking

Juken fuuzu　受験フーズ　 Juken Food for the Examination Hell


Kagurazaka 神楽坂 restaurant district in Tokyo

Kaiseki Ryori, kaiseki ryoori 懐石料理


Kappoo ryoori 割烹料理 Kappo food, a simpler style of Kaiseki Food

Kayu 粥 rice gruel with many kigo

Kazari ... Decoration of table and food 食卓の飾り

kenkoo shokuhin 健康食品 health food Supplements, Macrobiotics

kinkatsu 菌活 active bacteria

Kitaoji Rosanjin (北大路魯山人) ... and the Japanese Vessels for Food, Utsuwa

Konchu Ryori, konchuu ryoori 昆虫料理 Insects as food

Kusuri
Medicine Day (kusuri no hi)Chinese Medicine as food for your health !

kyoogibune, kyōgibune 経木舟 kyogibune
boat for serving, from paper-thin sheets of wood

Kyoyasai, kyooyasai 京野菜 vegetables from Kyoto

Kyuushoku 給食 School Lunch Schulspeisung, Schulessen


Language, Japanese and Food


Mamiya　間宮, Irako 伊良湖 food supply ships
Mamiya yokan 間宮羊羹

Mandala Food Arrangements (hoshamori, hooshamori 放射盛り)

Manga, Anime and Japanese Food Culture
料理漫画. 料理アニメ. グルメ漫画

Mashiko Pottery, Folk Craft Mashikoyaki, mingei

Matsuri, Festival Food

Menrui ... all kinds of noodles 麺類

Meoto Tableware for Couples
Rice bowls : meotojawan 夫婦茶碗　, chopsticks : meotobashi 夫婦箸, tea cups : meotoguinomi 夫婦ぐい呑み , meoto yunomi 夫婦湯のみ

Modoki ryoori もどき料理 "imitation food" vegetarian dishes. ganmodoki

Mori no megumi Bountiful food from the Forest

Mukimono むきもの Vegetables cut to artistic figures

Music and Food for animals and plant growing


Nagasaki and the influence of European food

Net Super - Online Shopping

Nokisaki Business 軒先.com "under the eaves"

Noren 暖簾store curtains


omocha　おもちゃ　Cooking Toys and Gangu 郷土玩具

Oyatsu お八つ . o-cha-uke 御茶請け afternoon snack


Pareo foodo パレオフード paleo food, Paleo diet Paleolithic Diet

Pan パン bread
toosuto トースト toast

. Poetry and Japanese Food .
Haiku　俳句　and haika　俳菓 　- waka 和歌

Presents during all seasons


Recycle, Reuse, Re-use Wiederverwendung von Lebensmitteln

Restaurants and Tea stalls (ryooriten, ryokan, chaya, izakaya and more )

Robatayaki ... around the open hearth Kushiyaki, skewers

Rural Revitalization and Promotion


Sake no Hosomichi 酒のほそ道 "The Narrow Road of Ricewine"
Manga about food, with haiku, by ラズウェル細木 Rozwell Hosoki

Sashimi, Raw Food raw fish, wild boar, horse, pheasant ...

Rito Keizai Shimbun 離島経済新聞 Archipelago News
introducing local island food


Samurai Gourmet "武士の食卓" - Samurai Cooking

Satoyama 里山 さとやま Local Mountain Region Ecology

seibo, o-seibo, oseiboo 歳暮, o-chugen, ochuugen 中元
Presents during all seasons


Senbei, sembei 煎餅 (せんべい) rice crackers, sweet and salty
shika senbei tobashi, throwing deer senbei, kigo

Sen Rikyuu, Sen Rikyū 千利休 Sen no Rikyu favorite dishes

Settai, O-Settai ... Giving Alms to Henro Pilgrims SETTAI : Henro Pilgrims Culture in Shikoku

Sex and Food / Penis Festivals

Shiro 城 Castle Burgen. and related food items

Shogayaki, ginger roast dishes

Shokuyoo no hana 食用の花 Edible blossoms, edible flowers

Shojin Ryori (shoojin ryoori) 精進料理Vegetarian Temple Food
including
Fucha Ryori (fucha ryoori 普茶料理)

Shopping in Japan Shopping for food

Shufu 主婦 / 主夫 ... housewife, homemaker. Hausfrau

SHUN 旬の物 / 旬の味 Specialities of the Season

Shusse uo 出世魚 "career fish" fish changing the name as they grow



Snap Dish, snapdish photo software

somurie ソムリエ sommelier for wine, fruits, vegetables and other food
fuudo somurie フードソムリエ - food sommelier

Sooshoku otoko 草食男子 grass-eaters and
nikushoku onna 肉食女 "meat-eating girls" / 草食系男子

Soups of Japan, an overview

Sushi 寿司　


Tera ... Temple Festivals and Food

Terminology used for Japanese Cooking

Tobeyaki, Tobe pottery

Tokuho Health Label

Tools used for Cooking

Trans-Pacific Partnership - TPP

Tsuchinoko, tsuchi no ko ツチノコ or 槌の子 hammerspawn legendary reptile

Tsukemono and how to make them ...　漬物

Tsukiji, the big fish market in Tokyo 築地市場, Tsukiji shijoo

Tsumami, o-tsumami, otsumami 御摘みSnacks with alcohol. Horsd’œuvre.


Umi no sachi, yama no sachi ...
Bountiful food from the sea, bountiful food from the mountains
The Origin.


. UNESCO - Nomination Washoku - .


Waseda Kankyo Juku 早稲田環境塾 Waseda School of Environment


Washoku Sahoo 和食作法 Table manners, etiquette
Japanese Table Manner　和食作法 Ishimura Kanae 石邨可奈江, Okayama. Grace Finishing School グレースフィニッシングスクール.
motenashi 持成しの心 and shitsurai 失礼 hospitality
honzen ryoori 本膳料理 formal banquet food on trays




Water (nomimizu) Drinking Water of Japan

Western vegetables used in Japan

Whisky, whiskey, uisukii ウイスキー
online reference
Burbon, Whiskey-Soda


Wrapping Paper Art / Food Art


Yakuzen, yaku-zen 薬膳 ( やくぜん) "Eating Medicine" medicinal food dishes and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)
Kanpo, Chinese Medicine as food (kanpo 漢方薬)
kenkoo ryoori 健康料理 food for your health
yakuzen ryoori 薬膳料理 food with medicinal propertirs
yakusoo ryoori 薬草料理 food with medicinal herbs
yakujiki (やくじき)
kusudama 薬玉 クスダマ food with yomogi mugwort Beifuss
Speisen mit Heilkräutern, Medizin-Essen
Speisen als Medizin


Yookai (youkai, yokai) 妖怪 Japanese monsters and food


Zen, Tray, Dinner tray, box tray (hako zen) ...







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OKAYAMA

Momotaro Hodgepodge (momotaroo nabe)

***** Location: Japan, Okayama
***** Season: Topic
***** Category: Humanity

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Explanation

Momotaro (Momotaroo ももたろう, 桃太郎 )
the Peach Boy is the hero of Okayama city. The main street is even called "Momotaro Road", momotaroo doori 桃太郎通り and an annual festival is held in his honor.
Der Pfirsischjunge


Clay Bell from Okayama


. Momotaro 桃太郎 and Yanagita Kunio 柳田國男 .
The Folktale Discussion
MOMOTARŌ NO TANJŌ (THE BIRTH OF PEACH BOY, 1933)

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The city of Okayama has now "invented" a hodgepodge named after this famous hero 桃太郎鍋.
It started off with a big pot serving visitors of a festival in 2006.
The hodgepodge includes ass the heroes of the story. Momotaro himself is represented by kibi dango, kibidango 黍団子 millet dumplings. The red demon is represented by mochi with red rice, whereas the green demon has yomogi mugwort mochi. The local momotaro jidori 桃太郎地鶏 chicken is used for the soup. Only local vegetables are used. They are cut into the heroes of the story, carrots are cut in little monkey shapes, the white dog is formed from radish. Yellow nira leek of Okayama is also added in great quantity to represent the tail of the pheasant.
It is quite fun to pick them all out of the pot when done. So the family has something to talk about when eating together.

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The main story of
Momotaro and Momotaro Dolls and Amulets

. Momotaroo 桃太郎 Momotaro the Peach Boy .

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Momotaro Festival in Okayama
"桃太郎祭り" Momotaro Matsuri
source : 　www.pref.okayama.jp

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One of the attraction is the dance "uraja うらじゃ", where people paint the faces in all colors and wear fancyful costumes. Groups of many villages take part and often there is a competition for the best costumes and dancing.
My own village Ohaga also has a dance groupe of this kind.

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桃太郎祭りずし弁当 Sushi for the Momotaro Festival
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. Shrine Kibitsu Jinja 吉備津神社 .


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The story of Momotaro may be related to the old believes of the onmyodo 陰陽道　Yin-Yang Worldview. The direction of bad influence, kimon, is in the ushi-tora (bull tiger) direction. So one of the demons Momotaro is fighting has horns and the other wears a tiger skin.

And the Monkey, Dog and Pheasant are animals in the zodiac, in the opposite heavenly direction from the kimon　鬼門　.


The peach itself is seen as an auspicious symbol.
In the shrine Abe Jinja 安部神社 at the kimon related to the imperial palace in Kyoto is a metal peach, where people come to touch it to ward off evil 厄除けの桃 even today.
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Momotarō (桃太郎)
is a popular hero from Japanese folklore. His name literally means Peach Tarō; as Tarō is a common Japanese boy's name, it is often translated as Peach Boy. Momotarō is also the title of various books, films, and other works that portray the tale of this hero.

The popular Children's song about Momotarō titled Momotarō-san no Uta (Momotarō's Song) was first published in 1911. One version of it is included below with romanization and translation.

Momotarō-san no uta (Momotarō's Song)
桃太郎さんの歌

Momotarō-san, momotarō-san (Momotarō, Momotarō)
桃太郎さん、桃太郎さん

Okoshi ni tsuketa kibidango (Those millet dumplings on your waist)
お腰につけたきびだんご

Hitotsu watashi ni kudasai na? (Won't you give me one?)
一つ私に下さいな！

Agemashou, agemashou (I'll give you one, I'll give you one)
あげましょう、あげましょう

Ima kara oni no seibatsu ni (From now, on a quest to conquer the ogres)
今から鬼の征伐に

Tsuite kuru nara agemashou (If you come with me, I'll give one to you)
ついてくるならあげましょう
©　More in the WIKIPEDIA !




4月に行われていた岡山桃太郎まつり
おかやま桃太郎まつり - Wikipedia -


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Momotaroo tomato 桃太郎トマト
Momotaroo tomato serii 桃太郎トマトセリー
Jelly from Momotaro Tomatoes
Momotaroo goorudo 桃太郎ゴールド Momotaro Gold Tomatoes
The skin is rather thin.
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These tomatoes are a special kind of "sugar tomatoes シュガートマト" with a high sugar content.



Momotaro tomato amanatto トマト甘納豆
Sweet tomatos with a sugar coating


Momotaro grapes 桃太郎ぶどう momotaroo budoo
are big and green and very sweet. They have no kernels and the skin can be eaten too.
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Momotaro and Daruma ... 桃太郎とだるま


23x35cm
Painted with the wish to recover from illness.
source : 　www.eisai.co.jp/museum

One of the "smallpox paintings" . hoosoo-e 疱瘡絵 .


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Showa 33 in Shimonoseki
source : www.darmax.co.jp


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Chawanmushi served in a Daruma bowl
together with a Momotaro Sushi


桃太郎寿司でだるまの ハンニバル茶碗蒸し
source : 　blog.nan-can.com

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Bichu, Kurashiki Anko Meguri Stamp Ralley, October 2009
備中・倉敷あんこめぐり スタンプラリー


WASHOKU -Sweets from Okayama


Kurashiki Tenryo Sushi Matsuri / Okayama no Matsuri Sushi
and other festivals in Kurashiki


Bii Kyuu Gurume Ｂ級グルメ Grade B Gourmet, Okayama prefecture


Grade B Gourmet Meeting in Tsuyama
おかやまＢ級グルメフェスタin津山
B Kyu Gurume .. Festa in Tsuyama
March 20 / 21, 2010 in Tsuyama town


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Other dishes from Okayama

amidaikon あみだいこん
amiebi (ami-ebi) shrimp, radish and ginger are cooked with soy sauce, rice wine and sugar. A dish to bring autumn to the region of the Inland sea.
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aounagi, ao-unagi アオウナギ, アオ鰻 blue eel from Bizen Kojima Bay


arasuka アラスカ, arasuka mame アラスカ豆 Alaska green peas
arasuka gohan アラスカご飯 cooked rice with green peas.


barazushi ばらずし　バラ寿司)Gemischtes Sushi
In Okayama wird ein reichbestücktes Sushi in einem Teller angerichtet. Auf den Sushi-Reis kommen verschiedene Auflagen, es ist eine Art, die auch „chirashizushi“ genannt wird. Der Segen des Meeres und der Segen der Berge leuchtet in bunten Farben auf dem weißen Reis. Der Regionalfürst von Bizen und Okayama, Ikeda Mitsumasa (1609-1682), erließ damals einen Sparbefehl, nach dem für eine Mahlzeit nur „eine Suppe und ein weitere Speise“ serviert werden durften. Seine schlauen Untertanen umgingen diesen Befehl, indem sie auf einem großen Teller Reis allerlei Fischstücke, Garnelen und andere Meeresfrüchte sowie viele Gemüsesorten der jeweiligen Saison anhäuften. Dieses farbenprächtige Sushi hat sich bis heute erhalten und darf bei keiner Feier oder Festlichkeit fehlen, es wird daher auch „Festtags-Sushi“ (matsurizushi) genannt.


bengara karee ベンガラカレー Bengara Curry from Fukiya Village


dodomese どどめせ sushi rice with mixed ingredients
a kind of takikomi gohan with vinegar, to make a sushi. The beginning of the chirashizushi of Okayama. Already prepared in the Kamakura period. At that time, there was a stop-over for ships from Bizen to Fukuoka, where the takasebune ships used this kind of mixed rice as obento. The original word was doburoku meshi どぶろくめし (doburoku is cloudy white sake rice wine). It is also the origin of Bizen barazushi 備前ばらずし.
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FAGI FOODS ファジフーズ
Fagiano Okayama ファジアーノ岡山

icecream from Hiruzen milk
onigiri with mentaiko
Fagi Chicken KATSU Burger ファジチキン勝バーガー
Fagi crepe
Chahan bento チャーハン弁当 fried rice bento
pon juice ポンジュース orange juice

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Fagiano Okayama Football Club is a football club from Okayama, Okayama, Japan. Fagiano currently play in the J. League Division 2, the second-tier professional football league in the country. Fagiano in Italian means "pheasant", and it's a reference to the pheasant that was a companion of local legend character Momotarō. Their mascot Fagi-kun is based on the specific species native to Japan, the Green Pheasant.
©　More in the WIKIPEDIA !


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funameshi フナ飯 rice with funa fish


gonboo baagaa ゴンボーバーガー,牛蒡バーガー,　ごんぼうバーガー” hamburger with gobo
Ibara town　井原
The town grows a lot of the variety Meiji goboo (gonbo in the local dialect) and puts this vegetable in many dishes. It is also sold as a "station lunch" ekiben.
明治ごんぼうバーガー
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hime toogarashi 姫とうがらし roter Pfeffer aus Okutsu
hime togarashi, red hot chili peppers
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It is sold in various preparations, dried, as powder or in hot oil salad dressing. Even Konnyaku is flavored with red chili (konnyaku hime).


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Hiruzen Yakisoba 蒜山焼そば fried noodles from Hiruzen
Flavored with miso sauce.
This has become more popular with the B-Kyu Gurmet movement, and even one prizes.
It is an old dish, keeping the tradition of the region. In winter, when snow covered the exit passes fro the highlands, farmers had to make do whith what they could preserve. So each family used some kind of miso pickles and a home-made miso-sauce mix for a "family flavor".
The chicken for this dish come from old hens, which have done their duty laying eggs. It was suggested to use young chicken with softer meat, but that is not the tradition of Hiruzen farmers, so the old ways were revived in this popular noodle dish.
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Hiruzen okowa 蒜山（ひるぜん）おこわ Mochi-Klebreis mit roten Bohnen
und anderem Gemuese aus dem Hiruzen Hochland
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horumon udon ホルモンうどん udon noodles with innards
hormon udon
In the town of Tsuyama 津山市 this is quite popular as one of the B-kyu B 級グルメ second class gourmet foods. It even won third grading in the All Japan B-Kyu events in 2009. It was served at our village sports festival this autumn, look at the delicious photo above!
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ホルモンのうどん振舞う運動会

they even serve
hormon udon noodles -
villge sports festival

Gabi Greve, October 2009


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inoshishi raamen いのししラーメン　with wild boar meat
from Niimi town, Okayama　新見市岡山県



kakioko, kaki oko カキオコ omelette with oysters
kaki okonomiyaki ... kakioko was coined in 2008 for promoting the village.
About 10 to 15 oysters per portion are put in a kind of okonomiyaki pizza style omelette with a lot of cut cabbage.
It is also called "Hinase yaki" 日生焼き
from Hinase fishing port 日生地区, near Bizen
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kako no jabujabu 水夫のじゃぶじゃぶ sailor's jabu-jabu
Ushimado 牛窓




karee, furuutsu karee フルーツカレー　curry with local fruit
like peaches, persimmons, pione grapes, Momotaro tomatoes and even innards of pork (horumon karee)
Click on the photo to start your walk through our local specialities.



Kasaoka raamen 笠岡ラーメン Kasaoka ramen noodle soup
made only with chicken meat (chikin chaashuu) and chicken soup, since more than 50 years.
After the war, Kasaoka town was surrounded by chicken farms.
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kenbiki-yaki, kenbikiyaki ケンビキ焼き, けんびき焼き
Kenbiki, kembiki in local dialect means "to be tired".
In the local dialect, the first of June, rokugatsu ichinichi, rokugatsu hitohi was pronounced rokkahidee ロッカッヒテエー was one whole day in June when the farmers did the planting of rice seedlings. All villagers would stop their other work and be out in the fields, also called shiromidi シロミテ, white day.
On this day, the kenyiki-yaki, prepared in a hooroku ホウロク earthen pan wrapped in leaves of myoga ginger was offered to the local deities (ujigami 氏神様、内神様) and later eaten by the whole family.
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Recipe see below.


kibimochi, kibi mochi きび餅 mochi with millet
Often mochikibi もちきび flour is used to make it.
They were a substitute for poor farmers who could not afford to use mochigome rice in olden times.
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Kokerazushi こけら寿司 / 柿寿司 / こけら鮨 layered sushi
from Hiruzen. kokera sushi


kurobuta from Nagi, Sakushuu　作州 black pork meat
Sakushuu kurobuta sushi with sushirice and black beans
yellow nira from Nagi



kusagina kakemeshi くさぎなかけめし
rice with kusagina leaves
From Kibi Chuo Town, Kibi Kogen highlands 吉備高原
kusagina are the leaves from a tree of the verbena officinalis family (kumatsuzura クマツヅラ科), which grows about 3 meters in hight. The leaves are big and eggshaped and have a strong smell. The leaves are dried and eaten as hozonshoku by the hunters of the mountainous area. They are rich in vitamin C and Calcium.
It is now also prepared as a school lunch and sold in packs online.
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mamakari, sappa ままかり（さっぱ） Sardinella zunasi
. . . . . mamakarizushi ままかりずし sushi with mamakari fish


mogai 藻貝 / もがい も貝 small clams
Boiled as tsukudani, put on the bento lunchbox or in miso soup.


mokuzugani　藻屑蟹 / モクズガニ Japanese mitten crab
from Kumenan, along the river Asahigawa 久米南, 旭川


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otsukakegohan, o-tsu kakegohan お汁かけごはん
rice with miso sauce
A bowl of local rice is doused with a bowl of miso sauce. A few pickled vegetables as a side dish make a simple farmer's meal.
Kumen Town, Michi no Eki 道の駅久米の里
source : Sanyo Shinbun, December 2009


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- new instant ramen soups　インスタント　ラーメン

gomamiso raamen　ごまみそラーメン　with sesame seeds and miso paste

momotaroo dango raamen 桃太郎団子ラーメン　with chicken meatballs

satoyama raamen　岡山里山ラーメン "Village noodle soup" with mushrooms and all kinds of vegetables

setouchi kaki raamen　瀬戸内カキラーメン from Setuichi, with oysters


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sabazushi サバずし / 鯖ずし
Speciality in Northern Okayama prefecture, especially prepared for the autumn festival. The salted fish was brought from Tottori during the Edo period and the farmers could only afford to buy it just after the harvest.
In my village, the farmers wifes offer their handmade sabazushi to friends and family.
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Sakushuu kuro 作州黒 Black beans from Sakushu province
Sakushu is an old name of some northern parts of Okayama prefecture
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sawara no kookozushi サワラのこうこずし


shirasagi komugi しらさぎ小麦　"white heron" type of wheat
good for making udon noodles.
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tai no hamayaki 鯛の浜焼き
sakuradai no hamayaki 櫻鯛の浜焼き
from Kasaoka Town
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. WASHOKU
Tamagokake gohan TKG 卵かけご飯 boiled rice with raw egg 　
Misaki Cho, 美咲町. made from tanada mai, rice from the terraced rice fields of Ohaga Nishi　大垪和西.
Ohaga, home of Gabi Greve



. Tsuchinoko ツチノコ or 槌の子 hammerspawn
legendary reptile souvenir food, Akaiwa and Yoshii



Tsuyama, B Kyu Gurume .. Festa おかやまＢ級グルメフェスタin 津山
March 20/21, 2010



Urajima renkon 連島レンコン lotus roots from Urajima town
連島町（つらじまちょう）. Kurashiki 倉敷市
They are quite delicious when eaten raw. Harvested from late autumn onward.
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They are also trying to make shochu (renkon shooshuu レンコン焼酎) liquor with this roots.


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. Oishii o-hanashi Okayama
おいしいおはなし 岡山 .
Literature and Food Event from February to March 2012

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- source : kyoudo-ryouri.com/en.. okayama .. -
Bukkake Udon
Hawasabi Sushi
Iidako boiled with soy sauce
Jaku Tempura
Manzen Kabura
Shino Udon
Takomeshi
Ujo Golden Sushi


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Worldwide use


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Things found on the way

Kintaro, the Golden Boy
Daruma Museum


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HAIKU

kibi, millet and
millet dumplings 黍団子（きびだんご） kibi dango
kigo for mid-autumn

ume saku ya inu ni matagaru momotarô

plum blossoms --
riding a dog
the Peach Boy



老が世に桃太郎も出よ捨瓢
oi ga yo ni momotaroo mo deyo sute fukube

to an old man's world
Peach Boy, come out!
hollow gourd


Kobayashi Issa

In Issa's journal this is the first haiku of Eighth Month, 1816. Earlier that year, the last haiku of Second Month began with the same first two phrases, but ended with "peach blossoms" (momo no hana). Though the kanji for "gourd" is today read as hisago, Issa read it as fukube. Shinji Ogawa notes that a hollowed fukube could be used as a container or bottle.
In this haiku, "the gourd becomes a magic lamp or a bottle where a Genie comes out, in this case, Peach Boy." He adds, "There is a Japanese phrase, hyootan kara koma which means 'a horse from a gourd' or 'an unexpected thing happened'."
Tr. David Lanoue


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Kurashiki 　倉敷　 is famous for its canals and willow trees. There is a group of elders who go around town with masks and large fans and tap people on the head for good luck.
They walk around as representatives for their friends who are bedridden and can not go out.



suinkyo, su-inkyo 素隠居 （すいんきょ）persons in retirement
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. Suinkyo Matsuri - Festival at Achi Shrine 阿智神社 .


. Toys and Talismans from Japan .



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Related words

Momotaro Food / my photos

***** WASHOKU : Local chicken (jidori)

Shoodoshima 小豆島 Shodoshima
Kagawa prefecture, but close to Okayama


***** WASHOKU : Regional Japanese Dishes


***** . Momotaroo 桃太郎 Momotaro the Peach Boy Dolls .

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