Food
Many delicious food in Miyazaki Pref.Especially, Miyazaki-gyu is the very famous beef in Japan.
Chicken Namban
![Chicken Namban](https://visitmiyazaki.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/dsc5325_3.webp)
This is one of the famous dishes in Miyazaki. It’s first made in Miyazaki in 1960s. Deep-fried chicken, mixed with a dressing made from vinegar and eat with tartare sauce.
Jidori-momoyaki
![Jidori-momoyaki](https://visitmiyazaki.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/000002_01_cmyk-07.webp)
Only Miyazaki jidori chickens are used for this meal. The chicken is salted, and then grilled over a charcoal flame,it is tender, juicy texture with a flavor.
Chirimenjako
![Chirimenjako](https://visitmiyazaki.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/201-508-04.webp)
Small sardines caught at the Miyazaki coast, boiled, and then naturally sun-dried.
Ise ebi lobster
![Ise ebi lobster](https://visitmiyazaki.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/iseebi_011-1.webp)
A lot of Ise ebi lobster is caught in the Nichinan coast. Recommended to eat raw when it is fresh.
Lettuce-maki (sushi roll)
![Lettuce-maki (sushi roll)](https://visitmiyazaki.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/201-505-010.webp)
It is a Maki sushi roll. The sushi rice, shrimp, lettuce and mayonnaise are all wrap up with dried seaweed. It is another Miyazaki local dish.
Obiten (Obi Tempura)
![Obiten (Obi Tempura)](https://visitmiyazaki.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/prefecture_products12.webp)
Local food of Obi Castle Town (Nichinan City). It is made by deep-frying fish paste with soybean paste, brown sugar, and tofu.
Hiyajiru (cold soup)
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Hiyajiru is a traditional Miyazaki food. Each family has original recipe and taste. General ingredients are cold miso soup with fish stock, tofu, and cucumber. Best matched when you pour on steamed rice.
Cheese Manju
![Cheese Manju](https://visitmiyazaki.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/201-501-011.webp)
This is Miyazaki confection. Cheese manju has sweet cream cheese wrapped in either Western-style cookie dough or a pie crust. It is produced recently and became one of the popular souvenirs in Miyazaki.
Miyazaki Beef
![Miyazaki Beef](https://visitmiyazaki.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/mg005.webp)
It is one of the best brand beef. Cattles raised and bred with great care to develop the highest quality of beef and crowned with the Miyazaki Beef brand name.
Hyuganatsu Orange
![Hyuganatsu Orange](https://visitmiyazaki.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/prefecture_products6.webp)
Hyuganatsu oranges, found only in Miyazaki. Unlike regular Japanese oranges, the thick white inner skin, as well as the fruit itself are both edible. It has a bittersweet taste.
Shochu
![Shochu](https://visitmiyazaki.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/shochu7-8.webp)
Shochu is a traditional hard liquor, that can be made from potato, buckwheat, wheat, or corn, and is very popular among the people of Miyazaki Prefecture.
Mango
![Mango](https://visitmiyazaki.com/en/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/prefecture_products9.webp)
Miyazaki mangoes are picked once fully ripe so they are deliciously soft and sweet.