Miyagi Prefecture located in the northern part of Japan on the island of Honshu, is home to a variety of delicious local cuisines.

Hakata ramen, motsunabe, mizutaki, and mentaiko are the most notable Fukuoka specialties that have become a standard part of Japanese cuisine.

Okinawan cuisine has a distinct flair of its own because of its historical, cultural and, climatic differences from mainland Japan.

Japan is a small country but even it boasts numerous types of food. Hokkaido's regional food, for example, represents a wonderful sample of the diversity that can be found in Japanese cuisine.

Nagoya is well known for its distinct food culture with hatcho miso (a soybean paste unique to the area) based dishes being the most representative of Nagoya cuisine.

Every region in Japan has its own famous dishes but Osaka is one of the major areas with foods that have influenced food culture of all of Japan.

Tokyo has a long history of food culture that even local Tokyoites have yet to discover. However, edomae zushi is an exception and is known around the world.