HOKKAIDO
Hokkaido
Travel journal from Hokkaido, with 8 notes on the places I ate, the dishes I cooked and the sights: Nabeyaki udon, Fried chika, Soda Shokudo, Kani Goten.
Journeys: 1 · Notes: 8
Journeys
01
Cook the local flavors once more
Dishes made in borrowed kitchens, and how each one connects to the land.
Noboribetsu, Hokkaido
Nabeyaki udon
A tribute to the nabeyaki udon in Studio Ghibli's 1995 film "Whisper of the Heart" (directed by Yoshifumi Kondo), which the owner of the antique shop Chikyuya s…
From: Below freezing outside, a fireplace within
Noboribetsu, Hokkaido
Fried chika
Chika is a sea-dwelling smelt of the same genus as wakasagi, common along the Hokkaido coast.
From: Below freezing outside, a fireplace within
02
A little of each town’s story
Sights, specialties and how the towns came to be: small cultural notes beside each journey.
Noboribetsu, Hokkaido
Zangi
Fried chicken eaten all over Hokkaido.
From: Below freezing outside, a fireplace within
Noboribetsu, Hokkaido
Wakasagi and ice fishing
Wakasagi is a smelt about 10 centimeters long; in Hokkaido it is also called chika locally.
From: Below freezing outside, a fireplace within
Noboribetsu, Hokkaido
Hokkaido dialect
Three Hokkaido words from this episode's narration: namara means "very"; shibareru means freezing cold; and shitakke means "well then" or "so," and also serves…
From: Below freezing outside, a fireplace within
03
Places we stopped along the way
What we ate and bought, with shop details checked against published listings.
Noboribetsu, Hokkaido
Soda Shokudo
A neighborhood diner in the town of Noboribetsu.
From: Below freezing outside, a fireplace within
Noboribetsu, Hokkaido
Kani Goten
A red building on Route 36 with a bear and a salmon on its roof, housing a seafood restaurant and a seafood shop.
From: Below freezing outside, a fireplace within
Noboribetsu, Hokkaido
Noboribetsu Rakunokan (dairy)
A dairy that made milk products from Noboribetsu milk, with its factory and shop in a closed school building; a banner from the school's days still hung over th…
From: Below freezing outside, a fireplace within