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{{Nihongo, Chinmi, 珍味 is a Japanese term meaning literally "rare taste", but more appropriately "
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". They are local cuisines that have fallen out of popularity or those cuisines that are peculiar to a certain area. Many involve pickled
seafood Seafood is any form of sea life regarded as food by humans, prominently including fish and shellfish. Shellfish include various species of molluscs (e.g. bivalve molluscs such as clams, oysters and mussels, and cephalopods such as octopus an ...
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Hokkaidō is Japan, Japan's Japanese archipelago, second largest island and comprises the largest and northernmost Prefectures of Japan, prefecture, making up its own List of regions of Japan, region. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaidō from Honshu; th ...
area

* ''Hizunamasu'' * ''Ikanankotsu'' - Cooked soft bones of
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* ''Kankai'' - Dried '' Komai'' fish. It may be eaten as is, or broiled and eaten with a sauce made by mixing
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and soy sauce and sprinkles of red pepper powder. * Kirikomi * Matsumaezuke * Mefun * ''Saketoba'' - A smoked salmon * ''Tachikama'' * Uni


Tōhoku area

* ''Awabi no Kimo'' - Ground internal organs of
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* ''Donpiko'' - The heart of a salmon. As only one can be taken from a fish, it is very rare. * ''Hoya'' -
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* ''Momijizuke'' - Shreds of fresh salmons and
Ikura Red caviar is a caviar made from the roe of salmonid fishes (various species of salmon and trout), which has intense reddish hue. It is distinct from black caviar, which is made from the roe of sturgeon.Nichola Fletcher, ''Caviar: A Global ...
pickled together * Tonburi - A speciality of
Akita prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region of Honshu.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Provinces and prefectures" in ; "Tōhoku" in . Its population is approximately 966,000 (as of 1 October 2019) and its geographic area is 11,6 ...
. The dried seeds of the '' hosagi'' plant.


Kanto area

* Ankimo - Either fresh or steamed liver of an Anko fish * Kusaya - Dried and pickled fish of Izu islands


Chūbu area

* Fugu no Ranso no Nukazuke - detoxed blowfish ovary in rice-bran * Hebo * Ika no Maruboshi * Inago no Tsukudani * Konowata * Kuchiko * Kurozukuri * Zazamushi


Kinki area

* Daitokuji Natto *
Funazushi The history of began with paddy fields, where fish was fermented with vinegar, salt and rice, after which the rice was discarded. The earliest form of the dish, today referred to as , was created in Japan around the Yayoi period (early Neolith ...
* Kinzanji Miso


Chūgoku area

* Hiroshimana


Shikoku is the smallest of the four main islands of Japan. It is long and between wide. It has a population of 3.8 million (, 3.1%). It is south of Honshu and northeast of Kyushu. Shikoku's ancient names include ''Iyo-no-futana-shima'' (), '' ...
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* Chorogi * Katsuo no Heso * Shuto * Dorome


Kyūshū is the third-largest island of Japan's five main islands and the most southerly of the four largest islands ( i.e. excluding Okinawa). In the past, it has been known as , and . The historical regional name referred to Kyushu and its surround ...
area

* Ganzuke (
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) * Karashi Mentaiko (
Fukuoka is the sixth-largest city in Japan, the second-largest port city after Yokohama, and the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The city is built along the shores of Hakata Bay, and has been a center of international commerce since anc ...
) * Karashi Renkon (
Kumamoto is the capital city of Kumamoto Prefecture on the island of Kyushu, Japan. , the city has an estimated population of 738,907 and a population density of 1,893 people per km2. The total area is 390.32 km2. had a population of 1,461,000, ...
) *
Karasumi Karasumi is a food product made by salting mullet roe pouch and drying it in sunlight. A theory suggests that it got its name from its resemblance to the blocks of ''sumi'' (inkstick) imported from China (''Kara'') for use in Japanese calligrap ...
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Nagasaki is the capital and the largest city of Nagasaki Prefecture on the island of Kyushu in Japan. It became the sole port used for trade with the Portuguese and Dutch during the 16th through 19th centuries. The Hidden Christian Sites in the ...
) * Okyuto (
Fukuoka is the sixth-largest city in Japan, the second-largest port city after Yokohama, and the capital city of Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The city is built along the shores of Hakata Bay, and has been a center of international commerce since anc ...
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Okinawa is a Prefectures of Japan, prefecture of Japan. Okinawa Prefecture is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan, has a population of 1,457,162 (as of 2 February 2020) and a geographic area of 2,281 Square kilometre, km2 (880 sq mi). ...
area

* Tofuyo * Umibudo - A type of edible seaweed with tiny seeds that hang from its stems


See also

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