You can buy them at Ginza! Special Products of Yamagata Prefecture

Hi, this is a Payke writer, Reina!
Have you ever been to Yamagata?
Yamagata prefecture is located in the Tohoku region, and it has some tourist attractions like Uesugi Shrine which Uesugi Kenshin is enshrined and Gio Spring. Also, it is famous for cherry production occupying approximately 70% of the nation’s production.
You can go there for 3 hours from Tokyo by Tohoku Shinkansen, but can we buy Yamagata’s special products when we are in Tokyo?
I could say “yes!” for the answer.
This time, I will introduce all the recommended items that you can purchase at the Yamagata Antenna Shop called “Delicious Yamagata Plaza” in Ginza, Tokyo.

Tama Konnyaku

〔Price〕324yen（tax included）
〔Volume〕10 pieces
The one I would like you to eat once is this Tama Konnyaku.
Yamagata prefecture has long been known as potato production area, so it was made and eaten at home from long years ago.

It is a delicious way to eat it to boil it only with soy sauce. The hot Tama Konnyaku soaked with bonito and seaweed is famous as “Healthy refreshment” and it has been popular regardless of generations.
It is also delicious to eat with mustard.

Yamagata Beef Curry

〔Price〕669yen（tax included）
〔Volume〕one serving (200g)
“Generic Name Yamagata Beef” has a low melting point of fat due to fine quality marbling meat. Yamagata has seasons that can be divided clearly in four and the temperature differs greatly between day and night, so the caw grows slowly and becomes good quality meat. The rich natural water effects well for it.

The beef was very soft and melted immediately at the moment I ate. Yamagata beef goes well with curry and rice!
It is not spicy, so those who cannot eat spicy foods or small children can eat it.

Ishiguro Yonesawa Ramen

〔Price〕286yen（tax included）
〔Volume〕2 servings (with soup)
“Yonezawa city” is famous for Ramen among Yamagata prefecture.
The crumbled noodles are strong in taste, and the soy sauce is a popular flavor.
The combination of noodles and soup is addictive. I love Ramen especially for soy sauce one, so it was delicious for me until the end.

Tochimochi

〔Price〕180yen（tax included）
It gets the top prize every time in the selling points ranking in the shop. Tochimochi is a rice cake steamed with chestnut.
Soft rice cakes are nice to eat and it is not sticky. The naive flavor of chestnut and the gentle sweetness of bean paste are delicious. The price is reasonable so please try it.

Yukiwari Natto Dry

〔Price〕335yen（tax included）
“Yukiwari” was named to be a great product and it expresses early spring landscape unique to snowy country and joy. It is produced through fermentation process twice. This unique process makes rich Natto flavor with an amino acid.

Yukiwari Natto is already cooked and seasoned natto so you can eat it with rice, soy sauce is not needed. It goes well with grated daikon and green onion.
I love normal natto anyway, and Yukiwari Natto was relatively salty and eating with rice was so nice. I never heard about dry natto but the spiciness worked well and I enjoyed eating it.
The normal taste is 280yen (tax excluded). Please check this one too.
There are still more delicious foods in Yamagata. It is good to take them home and eat at home but it will be more delicious to eat in Yamagata.
If you liked them, please visit Yamagata!