Local Cuisine of Japan: An Overview of the Chugoku Region
Published on: Sunday 20 September 2026
—A food culture nurtured by the San'in and Sanyo regions, two seas, and the Chugoku MountainsThe Chugoku region consists of five prefectures: Tottori, Shimane, Okayama, Hiroshima, and Yamaguchi. While referred to by a single regional name, its food culture is by no means uniform. This is because