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Sauce katsudon / ソースカツ丼: deep-fried pork cutlets coated in a sweet sauce and served over rice; a specialty of Fukui

Shop: Yoroppaken, Toyoshima location / ヨーロッパ軒 豊島分店

Location: Fukui City

Website: http://yo-roppaken.gourmet.coocan.jp/toyoshima.html

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Ichijōdani Asakura Clan Ruins / 一乗谷朝倉氏遺跡

A Sengoku period castle town that was home to more than 10,000 people until its destruction by Oda Nobunaga in 1573.

Location: Fukui Prefecture

Website: http://asakura-museum.pref.fukui.lg.jp/080_english/ruin.php

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1. Grilled mackerel sushi with ginger / 焼き鯖寿司

2. Fukui-style atsuage (deep-fried block of tofu) / 福井の厚揚げ焼き

Restaurant: Fukubuku Chaya / 福福茶屋

Location: Hapiring (ハピリン) shopping mall near Fukui Station

Website: http://www.orebo.jp/kankou/

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The Higashi Chaya District of Kanazawa / 金沢の東茶屋街

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A side street in Kanazawa

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Nigiri made with fish caught in Toyama Bay

White shrimp (白えび), firefly squid (ホタルイカ), yellowtail belly (ブリトロ), red snow crab (紅ズワイガニ), thread-sail filefish (カワハギ), sweet shrimp (甘えび), rosy seabass (のどぐろ)

Restaurant: Sushi Tama / すし玉

Location: とやマルシェ next to Toyama Station

Website: http://www.sushitama.com/

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Toyama Black Ramen / 富山ブラックラーメン

Restaurant: Nishicho Taiki / 西町大喜

Location: とやマルシェ next to Toyama Station

Website: http://www.nisicho-taiki.com/index.html

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A lunchtime feast full of local specialties like Hida beef cooked with miso on a magnolia leaf (朴葉味噌)

Restaurant: Irori / いろり

Location: Shirakawago, Gifu

Website: http://www.shirakawagou.jp/