With whatever from Michelin-starred sushi to busy izakaya (casual bars), and modest noodle joints, Tokyo has actually sealed its track record as one of the terrific premium capitals of the world.
You can sample that cooking culture on even the most short lived check out to the Japanese capital, possibly stopping in between trains at Tokyo Station to check out Tokyo Ramen Street in the station's labyrinth of underground shopping malls. The 8 ramen stores there each make a various variation of Japan's precious noodle meal, consisting of the salt-based broth of shio ramen and the heartier stock of miso ramen.
From delegated right: Fukui – Oshizushi (pushed sushi), Ishikawa – Omicho seafood market, Toyama – Takoka/Imizu snow crab & & seafood, Niigata– Minamiuonuma claypot rice. Linked through regional railway.
Illustrated by Tatsuro Kiuchi
Obviously, being at Tokyo Station, you might likewise get on a bullet train for an epicurean experience in other parts of Japan. This consists of the Hokuriku Shinetsu area to the north, where the prefectures of Fukui, Ishikawa, Niigata, and Toyama boast a few of Japan's finest seafood, rice, and sake, while likewise providing insights into the nation's abundant cooking heritage.
Niigata: Japan's rice and sake heartland
A Hokuriku journey might start with a Joetsu Shinkansen bullet train trip 70 minutes north of Tokyo to Niigata Prefecture, a part of Japan associated with rice. An off-the-beaten-path alternative here is to venture into the paddies of Minamiuonuma for FARM FRONT SEKI NOEN, where you might attempt salted rice balls made from pesticide-free rice, prepared over an open flame in a clay pot, and served together with views of paddies that are lavish green in summer season before yellowing ahead of the fall harvest.
FARM FRONT SEKI NOEN is just a few miles far from the Echigo-Yuzawa bullet train station, which along with being the entrance to fantastic snowboarding in winter season is likewise an excellent location to attempt sake made with regional rice. Pop into the Ponshukan shop at the station where over 100 Niigata sakes can be tested from a wall of self-serve vending makers.
Niigata Prefecture is renowned in Japan for the quality of its rice, which you can attempt at locations like FARM FRONT SEKI NOEN
Photo thanks to FARM FRONT SEKI NOEN
Toyama's seafood specializeds
Heading west along the coast from Niigata, Toyama Prefecture is quickly reached by a mix of JR reveal train and Hokuriku Shinkansen bullet train (which likewise has direct Tokyo links), although you might simply as quickly fly from Tokyo to Toyama Kitokito Airport with ANA. With 500 approximately types of fish and shellfish living in Toyama Bay, the ports here land a few of the finest seafood in Japan, with specializeds consisting of firefly squid and different kinds of crab. The regional food culture has actually likewise generally included seaweeds such as konbu (kelp).
The auctions at Shinminato Fishing Port in Toyama Prefecture see a range of in your area captured fruit and vegetables on sale,
