A FOOD TRADITION

Kansai Cuisine

The cooking tradition of the Kansai region, associated with Kyoto, Osaka, Nara, Hyogo, Shiga, and Wakayama.

Dishes linked to this cuisine

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Akashiyaki

Akashiyaki is a hot, soft egg-and-flour batter dumpling filled with octopus and traditionally served with dashi for dipping.

Battera

Battera is Osaka-style pressed sushi made with vinegared mackerel, seasoned short-grain rice, and a customary kombu covering.

Botan Nabe

Botan Nabe is a Japanese hot pot of thinly sliced wild boar cooked with miso, dashi, cabbage, green onion, tofu, and shiitake mushrooms.

Doteyaki

Doteyaki is a Kansai stew of beef tendon and konjac simmered slowly in a sweet miso-based broth and commonly garnished with green onion.

Funazushi

Funazushi is a traditional Japanese fermented sushi made by layering salted crucian carp with cooked rice and allowing it to mature.

Hakozushi

Hakozushi is Kansai-style pressed sushi made by layering seasoned short-grain rice with a variable seafood topping and compressing it in a mold.

Hamo no Shioyaki

Hamo no Shioyaki is pike conger that is finely bone-cut, salted, and grilled until lightly charred.

Hamo Sushi

Hamo Sushi combines prepared pike conger with seasoned short-grain sushi rice, often as pressed or hand-shaped sushi.

Hari-hari Nabe

A Kansai hot pot centered on mizuna greens with dashi and soy-seasoned broth, traditionally prepared with whale meat and commonly adapted with duck.

Himeji Oden

Himeji Oden is a hot Japanese simmered assortment of daikon, konjac, tofu, egg, and fish-based ingredients served with a ginger-soy seasoning.

Imobou

Imobou is a Kyoto-style simmered dish of taro and dried herring cooked gently with kombu, soy sauce, sugar, and water.

Izushi Sara Soba

Cold Izushi-style soba noodles made from buckwheat and wheat flour are served with a soy-seasoned dashi dipping sauce and simple garnishes.

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