Kashiho Mase: An Izu Wagashi Shop in Atami (Since 1872)
Kashiho Mase, a 150-year-old wagashi shop on the Atami coast of Izu — the Izu no Odoriko sweet, seasonal citrus daifuku, its branches, and what to buy through the year.
Category Food
Local cuisine, regional dishes, and everyday food culture in Japan.
What to eat · 49 regional guides
Japanese food is intensely regional, and these 49 guides map what to actually eat where — from the dish a town is known for to the small shop the tour buses skip.
We cover regional specialties, michi-no-eki road-station finds, market breakfasts, and how to order when there is no English menu, arranged so you can plan meals around your route instead of the other way around.
Tamanoya: 100% Buckwheat Soba in Tokyo’s Temple Town of Jindaiji
Stone-milled juwari (100% buckwheat) soba and a hot duck dip at Tamanoya, a hearth-warmed soba house up the slope from Jindaiji temple in Chofu, Tokyo.
Tsubakiya Café Kichijoji: Taishō Coffee & Curry (2026)
A Taishō-roman coffee parlour on the 7th floor above Kichijoji Station — siphon coffee in Royal Copenhagen cups, beef curry, hayashi rice and the café's signature chiffon cake.
Ringo no Ki: Apple Pie & Apricot Sweets in Chikuma (2026)
Chikuma is one of Japan's great apricot towns. Patisserie Ringo no Ki turns local apricot and its own-orchard apples into pies, jelly and baked sweets — a short hop from the Obasute terraces.
Yabu: A Beloved Set-Meal Diner in Fujiyoshida, by Mt Fuji
A plain, generous set-meal diner running since 1971 in Fujiyoshida on the Yamanashi side of Mt Fuji — ginger pork, tonkatsu and a little dish of fruit, from around ¥1,000.
Shoya: Pork Hoto by Lake Yamanaka, in the Shadow of Mt Fuji
Hoto is Yamanashi's thick miso-and-pumpkin noodle stew. At Shoya, a hoto specialist on the shore of Lake Yamanaka, the pork version comes bubbling in an iron pot.
Kintaro Soba: Mountain-Yam Noodles at the Foot of Mt Fuji (Gotemba)
Gotemba's old mikuriya soba is bound with mountain yam, not water. Kintaro, a farmhouse soba house minutes from Mt Fuji, serves it with a shrimp-tempura rice box.
Firefly Squid in Toyama Bay: Japan’s Other Glowing Sea
Firefly squid (hotaru-ika) glows blue in Toyama Bay every spring. The pre-dawn boat tour, the museum live show, the rare mi-nage stranding, when to go, and where to eat it.
Yama-ichi Kyotango Mineyama 2026: A Sushi & Kappo Lunch Set on the Tango Peninsula (Near Amanohashidate)
Sushi-Kappo Yama-ichi in Mineyama-chō, Kyotango City, serves a lunch sushi set under ¥2,000 using the same morning Tango-coast catch as the high-end ryotei near Amanohashidate. 8 nigiri + tamago + maki + miso. 5 min walk from KTR Mineyama Station. Walk-in lunch, dinner reservation. About 30 km north-west of Amanohashidate.
Calbee+ Ebina SA 2026: Hot-Fresh Poteriko + Pizza Potato at Japans Most Famous Highway Rest Stop
Calbee Kitchen Ebina SA is one of just 10 Calbee+ stores nationwide and the only one on the Tomei Expressway between Tokyo and Mt. Fuji. Fresh-fried Poteriko (the hot version of Jagariko, ¥340) and hot Pizza Potato (¥430) served 7:00-21:00 daily. Best Tue-Thu mid-morning.