gourmet

Ganba(Puffer Fish)

The origin A blowfish is called “Ganba”.   The blowfish is highly poisonous, so Edo Period, The lord had issued a ban on eating blowf...

Rokube

The Origin After Shimabara Taihen, ( Mt. Mayuyama falls down behind Shimabara city in 1792, The Ariake Sea was hit by a tsunami and caused serio...

Igirisu

The Origin After the Shimabara Amakusa Rebellion, By the influence of the people who emigrated from Shikoku Area, It is said Imabari (Ehime Pref...

Chanpon

a kind of noodle soup topped with a variety of ingredients such as seafood and vegetable.  Restaurants where you can eat "Chanpon" ...

The Ariake crab

Delicious blue crab all year round The Ariake crab means a blue crab called "Gazami".   As it is the most delicious time to be captured...

Hand-stretched somen noodle

The Origin There are various opinions on the background of why tenobe somen (hand-stretched thin noodles) became the speciality of Shimabara...

Guzouni

The origin It is said Shiro Amakusa who was the general of the uprising force at Shimabara Amakusa rebellion in1637 began to cook “Guzoni (soup w...

KANZARASHI

Kanzarashi It is a kind of sweets that sticky rice balls are put in a special syrup and are eaten. At first glance, it seems to be made in any plac...