Niigata food

Niigata Prefecture is a long prefecture facing the Sea of ​​Japan.
Known as a heavy snowfall area, it is famous for ​​rice, and also famous as a production area of ​​sake and rice cracker that made from rice.
Seafood is also plentiful, because it faces the Sea of ​​Japan

Introduce the recommended menu of Niigata Prefecture, which has many delicious things.

Sake

Niigata produces a large amount of rice and is famous as a producer of sake made from rice.
Many famous sakes such as Kubota, Shimeharitsuru, and Hakkaisan.
Most of the restaurants provide sake.
There are many varieties, and there are several ways to drink. There is also a recommended way to drink depending on the brand, so if you get lost you should ask the restaurant staff.

Sashimi

As already mentioned, Fish caught in the Sea of Japan is a Niigata specialty.
Japanese tourists come to Niigata to enjoy sake and seafood.
I suggest that you have fish and local sake in Niigata Prefecture. Of course, sushi and seafood Bowl are also good. Sashimi of Funabeta is that fish that is less eaten except in the Niigata. So if you have a chance try it.

Rice

Niigata has the largest producer of rice in Japan. The rice made in a particular area of Niigata has a brand and is valuable.
Even Japanese people who are accustomed to eating rice can be moved when they eat rice made in Niigata.

Tare katsu don – cutlet bowl –

Rice bowl topped thin cutlet dipped in a sweet sauce.
It is a menu that locals love and has recently become popular throughout Japan.

Fried tofu

The deep-fried in Tochio is thicker than ordinary fried.

Senbei

It is a cracker made from rice. Niigata is Japan’s largest producer of rice crackers, producing nearly half of Japan’s total.
There is also a place where you can experience making senbei.

Nishime

Simmered vegetable, tofu, konjac and so on.
The similar dish can be eaten all over Japan, but in Niigata, it is particularly favored as a regional dish.

Momo-taro

A popular popsicle in Niigata, whose name has “momo” means peach but it is strawberry flavor and made from apple juice.

Henjinmokko

It is a sausage shop on Sado Island. It has won an award for international contests.
Hot dogs using wieners of henjinmokko are sold at the ferry terminal in Sado Island but are often sold out because of their popularity. If you can eat, you are lucky.