🍱 Hana-hajiki

"Hana-hajiki" is a local dish of the Isahaya area. Various ingredients are arranged in a radial pattern on a plate and eaten while dipping them in hot and vinegared miso. It has long been served as a vegetarian dish for Buddhist memorial services. The unique name “Hana-hajiki" comes from the fact that the spiciness of the spicy vinegared miso makes one's nose prickle. There is a culture in and outside of Nagasaki Prefecture to eat pickled takana, which is also called "hana-hajiki," but as a dish it is completely different.