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🍱 shimotsukare🔊

Shimotsukare (しもつかれ) is a local Japanese dish served in the Northern Kantō region of Japan, primarily in Tochigi Prefecture but also in Gunma Prefecture and Ibaraki Prefecture. The dish is generally served on hatsu-u-no hi together with sekihan as an offering to appease the legendary deity, inari. Shimotsukare is usually made by simmering salmon head, vegetables, soybeans, abura-age and sake kasu. Common additional ingredients include grated raw radish and carrots. The dish is also known as shimitsukari, shimitsukare or sumitsukare in some areas.