Hokkaido Foods

Seafoods

Hokkaido is renowned for high quality and freshness seafoods.

Within the prefecture some area particularly famous for Uni (Sea Urchin) ,Kani (Crab) ,Ika (squid), Ikura (salmon roe),and Hotate (scallops)

Dairy products

Hokkaido is able to support a massive dairy industry.

The prefecture produces about half on the country's milk.

60% is used for drinking ,the rest is processed into butter,cheese, yoghurt and ice cream.

One of the most popular local souvenirs are butter cookie sandwiches.

Produce

Hokkaido is able to support extensive farming thanks to its large size.

It produces almost ten times as much wheat as any other prefecture.

Other farm products readily associated Potatoes, Corn, Onions and Melons.

Ramen

Ramen is well known as a speciality of Hokkaido.

The soup base ,noodles and topping used for ramen vary across japan and even within Hokkaido

There are variations between the regions.

Sapporo is known for Miso based broths .salt based broths are more common in Hakodate

and soya sauce based ones in asahikawa.

Genghis Khan (Jingisukan)

Named after the man who founded the Mongol Empire in the 13th century.

Genghis Khan is a dish consisting of meat (mutton or lamb)  and vegitables cooked on a dome

shaped metal grill in the middle of the table.

the meat is usually dipped in soya sauce based sauce and eaten right off the grill.

Beer

Sapporo Beer is one of the first and most popular beer brands in Japan.

was founded in Hokkaido and dates back to the opening of Japan's first brewery in 1876.

Now there are some local beers, Otaru beer,Hakodate beer, Ishikari beer,

Abashiri beer,Obihiro beer,Furano beer,etc.

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