Mar 21, 20196 minYakihata Turnips – Yamagata UniversitySlash and burn farming is known as yakihata (literally, “burning down the field”) agriculture in Japanese.Turnips grown through yakihata...
Mar 21, 20195 minFeast of Kurokawa NohShimi-dofu (freeze-dried tofu), essential to Ogisai (a festival during which the Kurokawa Noh is performed) The Kurokawa area boasts the...
Mar 21, 20195 minKarakara-sembeiKarakara-sembei – a fortune cookie-like sweet with a miniature folk toy inside – Tsuruoka’s traditional local confectionery Tsuruoka, the...
Mar 19, 20193 minTochi-mochi (horse chestnut mochi)Tochi-mochi (rice cake made with Japanese horse-chestnut) is sold at various places in Tsuruoka. Although Tochi-mochi is delicious due to...