“Dago” in Kumamoto dialect means “dumpling”. It is a popular local cuisine made from flour dough that is kneaded into flat dumplings that are boiled with seasonal vegetables and meat and is seasoned with miso or soy sauce. It is prepared in various ways in different regions and households. Please enjoy it with “Takana Rice” which is a flavorful dish prepared by mixing finely-chopped pickled mustard leaves (Takana) with rice.
Takana Meshi (Takane Rice) Pickled Takana top on boiled rice grown in delicious spring water. As the trinity of blessings of Aso, you will be definit…
Foods Dago Soup, Takana Rice
The royal road to Kumamoto tonkotsu, the taste you want to eat even if you need to stand in line! The special soup made from pork bones, appetizing …
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Akaushi Don Iwasaki, located about 50 minutes by car from Kumamoto city, offers Aso’s popular specialty, Akaushi-Don, bowl of rice topped with slice…
Aka Beef/Aka BeefBowl/Wagyu Foods
Kusasenri Coffee Roastery is a cafe located in front of Kusasenrigahama, one of Aso's most famous tourist destinations. Coffee Gallery, a popular caf…
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A restaurant operated by "Yamaichi Shokuhin", which produces pickles like the famous Aso leaf mustard. Gyudon, which goes well with red beef steak an…
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