Travel Japan's
gastronomy cities.
Fourteen towns where food culture is alive. Read, visit, and taste.
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CITIESFourteen cities and regions across Japan honored with the Gastronomy City Award. Explore by map or by area.
Hover over a city name to see an overview. Cities marked ● have their own page.
Sea and land: the kitchen of Tango.
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A town of whisky and orchards. Home to the Nikka Yoichi Distillery, and a growing region for wine grapes.
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Farming and livestock raised on the land of the Tokachi Plain. The birthplace of butadon (pork rice bowl).
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Squid and seafood from the morning market. The food of a port town where Japanese and Western blend.
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A port town alive with Hachinohe-maeoki mackerel, morning markets and yokocho alley culture.
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A UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy. Home of heirloom crops and shojin ryori (Buddhist temple cuisine).
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Kaga cuisine and Omicho Market. A capital of food, polished by tradition and an eye for beauty.
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Echizen crab and the old port of Mikuni. A town of Sea of Japan bounty and the Tojinbo cliffs.
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Hida beef and the gifts of the mountains. A food culture of fermentation and preserving, shaped by the cold.
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Ise imo yams and the bounty of the satoyama countryside. A town where destinations for food and wellbeing gather.
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An island of Miketsukuni, the lands that supplied the imperial table. Onions, hamo (pike conger) and the fruits of the sea.
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Miyajima and oysters. A home of oysters raised by the Seto Inland Sea.
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The waters of a former shogunate domain, and Hita cedar. A town of sake and ayu sweetfish, nurtured by clear rivers.
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Unzen's hot springs and volcanic land. Highland vegetables and Obama champon noodles.
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* The 14 Gastronomy City Award cities and regions. Pages for cities other than Kyotango will be published in turn.
Visiting the people behind the food of 14 cities. Every town has its own food stories.
Read, visit, and taste. Experiences that take you to where each city's food is made.
COMING SOON
Experiences are coming soon.
Fish-auction tours at the harbor, harvesting on the farm, home cooking lessons in a local kitchen.
We will introduce experiences that take you to where each city's food is made.
About Gastronomy Cities Japan
Gastronomy Cities Japan brings together 14 cities that have received the Gastronomy City Award, to share know-how and practice in food-culture-led community development and to tell their stories in Japan and abroad. We aim to grow to 20 cities nationwide. This site is our shared platform.
Operated by Gastronomy City Research Association Association website ↗