The history, culture, and lifestyles of the area are mixed and condensed in one plate of a local dish that has been passed for generations in mountain and fishing villages throughout Japan. We will introduce various unknown local dishes, also known as the soul food of the Japanese people.

Ichigoni

Aomori

Seafood soup with sea urchin and abalone

Ichigoni

A specialty of Hachikami Town, 'Ichigoni' is a richly flavored seafood soup containing local delicacies sea urchin and abalone. The name (translated as 'boiled strawberries') is thought to come from the resemblance of sea urchin roe in the milky white soup to wild strawberries in the morning mist. With humble beginnings as a meal cooked on the beach by fishermen, it is an exquisite dish that concentrates the flavors of marine delicacies into a bowl of soup.

Information provided by : Division of Strategy of Sales, Agriculture, Forestry and Fishery, Aomori Prefecture

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