One day, I heard from the owner of a Japanese sweet dumplings (団子 = Dango) shop that there are many dumplings shops in Morioka, Iwate. Actually, we can find many dumplings shops. The dumplings in Morioka is very simple. I guess there are tastier dumplings all around Japan, but Morioka dumplings have been loved by local people for a long time.
List: Dumplings shops in Morioka
The feature of Morioka dumplings is soy sauce dumplings that are small rice dumpling balls with soy sauce (醤油だんご). It is inexpensive and easy to eat.
And Ochamochi (お茶もち) is also popular. It is some flat figure dumplings with walnut soy sauce (胡桃醤油). It suits well with green tea.
Other than them, there are a lot of kinds of dumplings.
Beautiful and popular Japanese sweets are really tasty. However, how about you to try eating such local Japanese sweets next time? I think it is also a good way of enjoying the region.
I introduce a dumplings shop that I visited recently. I wanna recommend the soy sauce dumplings of this shop to you. It is so cheap (about 60 cents), soft, and simply tasty.
[Japanese]
盛岡には団子屋さんが多いのだそうです。調べてみるとたしかに多めで、どこの店舗にも必ずあるのが醤油だんごとお茶もちでした。味は非常にシンプルですが、お安く、手軽に買うことのできるお菓子のようなおだんごです。観光で来る方はこういっただんご屋さんに入ることはあまりないかもしれませんが、これもまた地域柄が出て面白い楽しみになるのではないかなと思っています。
今回おすすめするお店は最近行った**結庵**というだんご屋さんです。こちらの生醤油だんご柔らかく、盛岡だんごの中でもかなり美味しいだんごだと思いました。盛岡にいらした際にはぜひお試しください。