🍱 Gobo Maki

Yamaguchi Prefecture, which faces the Seto Inland Sea and the Sea of Japan, has long enjoyed the benefits of the sea, and processed foods using seafood have developed accordingly. In the Hagi area, kamaboko (fish cake) has a particularly long history, as records show that it was served at a tea ceremony in 1640 with Mori Hidenari, the first lord of the Choshu domain, as the main guest. Kamaboko is a grilled fish paste made without steaming, and the main ingredient is fresh eso fish landed in the rough seas of the Sea of Japan. A local dish using the skin of the eso fish produced in the process of making fish paste is "gobo maki" (gobou(=burdock) rolls). Many processed seafood companies in Yamaguchi Prefecture produce "gobo-maki" along with kamaboko, and each one has its own unique flavor.