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Local Dishes 郷土料理
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SHOCHU
Shochu is the liquor made from the sweet potato. You drink it mixed with hot or cold water.
KIBINAGO
This is a type of sardine, about seven or eight centimetres long, which is served as sashimi with a vinegar and miso sauce or deep fried as tempura.
SATSUMAJIRU
A miso soup made of chicken, daikon (Japanese radish), carrots and burdock.
TONKOTSU
This is a traditional dish made from the black pigs raised in Kagoshima. Ribs of pork are cut into rough strips and boiled with miso, konnyaku (devil’s tongue), carrots and gourd.
SAKEZUSHI
Sushi flavored with Japanese sake, an exotic tradition, carried over for 400 years or more.
SATSUMA-AGE
Fish paste flavored with salt and sugar and then deep fried. There are many variations and sometimes carrot or burdock are added.
TONKOTSU RAMEN
Also known as Kagoshima ramen, this tasty and filling noodle soup is made from pork and chicken bones.
SATSUMAIMO ICE CREAM
This is an ice cream made from sweet potatoes, and usually retains the pinkish colour of the potato.
SHIROKUMA
This is a shaved ice confection made with milk and fruit. It is only available in Kagoshima.
JAMBO
Rice cakes skewered by two bamboo sticks, symbolizing the two swords of a samurai. |
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