🍱 Okirikomi/Okkirikomi

Gunma is famous for its flour. It grows vigorously in well-drained rice paddies and under the influence of the dry cold winds and gales that blow in winter, and its production is among the highest in Japan. The Agricultural Technology Center of Gunma Prefecture has improved the Kinu no Hami and Saton no Sora varieties, which are now widely produced throughout the country. Many local dishes make use of wheat flour, and okirikomi is a typical example. It is a noodle dish in which wide noodles made of wheat are stewed with vegetables and mushrooms that are available in each household. In 2014, the dish was adopted as "Gunma's Flour Food Culture - Okirikomi," an intangible folk cultural asset that should be documented and documented by Gunma Prefecture. It was adopted.