{"id":1887,"date":"2023-08-25T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/goodie-foodie.com\/en\/?p=1887"},"modified":"2025-07-21T18:06:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T09:06:55","slug":"23019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/goodie-foodie.com\/en\/23019\/","title":{"rendered":"How to eat Shizuoka Oden | 5 Characteristics of this Traditionally Loved Local Gourmet"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shizuoka Oden\u2019s purpose<\/h2>\r\n
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Shizuoka oden is one of the locals\u2019 favorite foods. It is said to be a perfect snack, side dish to rice, or with alcohol. There are five rules of Shizuoka oden, lets take a look at them.<\/p>\r\n

Five Aspects of Shizuoka Oden #1: Black Hanpen<\/h2>\r\n
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Shizuoka oden includes black hanpen, also known as fish cakes. The reason for the color is the whole fish, including skin and bones, are kneaded in. The black hanpen is combine with sardines and mackerel caught in Yaizu Port. Unlike white hanpen, black is chewy and has texture similar to satsuma-age fish cakes.<\/p>\r\n

Five Aspects of Shizuoka Oden #2: Black Soup<\/h2>\r\n
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This black soup is made by boiling dark soy sauce and beef tendon. It isn\u2019t common to drink the soup, but acts more as a marinade to the ingredients to take out of the soup.<\/p>\r\n

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Its darker than expected. The dark color comes not only from the two main ingredients, but also due to it being simmered, adding more and more broth. When I tried drinking it, and I found it wasn\u2019t as thick as I thought, but rather light with deep flavor that was infused with the sweet fish paste as more broth was being added.<\/p>\r\n

Five Apsects of Shizuoka Oden #3: On the Skewer!<\/h2>\r\n
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This is another unique feature of Shizuoka oden. Previously, people used to order their favorite ingredients to cook in an oden pot, and when finished, would pay by the number of skewers they ate.<\/p>\r\n

Five Aspects of Shizuoka Oden #4: Sprinkle with Green Laver and Dashi Powder<\/h2>\r\n
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Dashi powder is shavings of mackerel, sardines, and other fish. It can vary by restaurant, and may be mixed with green laver as well.<\/p>\r\n

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It is the Shizuoka style to cover the entire service of the food with dashi powder.<\/p>\r\n

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And don\u2019t forget a cold beer. It is an excellent compliment to the hot Shizuoka Oden. It is quite addictive.<\/p>\r\n

Five Aspects of Shizuoka Oden #5: Featured in a Japanese Candy Shop<\/h2>\r\n
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In Shizuoka Prefecture, a local candy shop would have a standard practice to have Shizuoka oden available at his store. The clerk would often make it for a dinner side dish, and would sell it to incoming customers.<\/p>\r\n

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Odenya Obachan is located in Sumpu Castle Park, and is visited by all walks of life, making us realize how much Shizuoka Oden is loved by the community.<\/p>\r\n

Here’s what to order! Introducing the standard ingredients<\/h2>\r\n
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They have a number system menu, so anyone can easily order. We appreciated the thoughtfulness.<\/p>\r\n

Here are the 5 skewers you should try when eating the special oden.<\/p>\r\n

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From left to right: Shinodamaki, beef sinew, sankaku, black hanpen, fuwa<\/p>\r\n

Shinodamaki\u3000\u3057\u306e\u3060\u5dfb\u304d\u3000Shinodamaki<\/em><\/h3>\r\n

It is a paste wrapped in fried bean curd. Enjoy the gap between the plump texture of the fish paste, and sizzling fried bean curd overflowing with broth.<\/p>\r\n

Beef Sinew\u3000\u725b\u3059\u3058\u3000Gyusuji<\/em><\/h3>\r\n

The key ingredient is the black soup melting in your mouth and spreading the flavor.<\/p>\r\n

Sankaku\u3000\u3055\u3093\u304b\u304f\u3000Sankaku<\/em><\/h3>\r\n

Sankaku is made by baking pollock surimi, a common part of satsuma-age fish paste. With its glutinous texture, it absorbs broth well, giving a sweet taste.<\/p>\r\n

Black Hanpen\u3000\u9ed2\u306f\u3093\u307a\u3093\u3000Kurohampen<\/em><\/h3>\r\n

This is a must, one of the 5 aspects. Its low in calories, and full of nutrients!<\/p>\r\n

Fuwa\u3000\u3075\u308f\u3000Fuwa<\/em><\/h3>\r\n

Fuwa is cow lungs. It tastes similar to liver, and is a perfect partner to alcoholic beverages.<\/p>\r\n

Although I was surprised by the black soup at first, I quickly realized its gentle taste.
\r\nThe dashi is a wonderful addition to make each experience different, so make sure to try this amazing oden when you are in Shizuoka Prefecture.<\/p>\r\n\n

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Shizukoka Prefecture is condisidered the birthplace of wasabi. One of the staple foods of Shizuoka Prefecture is \u201cWasabi-don,\u201d a bowl of rice topped with fresh wasabi. We asked the owner of Wasabi-en Kadoya, which has appeared twice in the popular Japanese TV drama series \u201cThe Solitary Gourmet\u201d(a food focused drama), to tell us how to enjoy Wasabi-don.<\/p><\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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Shizuoka oden is a black soup! Many people are often surprised to see ingredients on skewers floating in the black soup. We took an adventure to Odenya Obachan, a restaurant recognized as a \u201cShizuoka Gourmet Heritage to be Preserved for the Future\u201d. We wanted to ask about the best way to enjoy Shizuoka oden. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1889,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[76,80,56,58,64],"class_list":["post-1887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-slug_articles","tag-local-gourmet","tag-nabe","tag-what","tag-b-gourmet","tag-classic"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodie-foodie.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1887","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodie-foodie.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodie-foodie.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodie-foodie.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodie-foodie.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1887"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/goodie-foodie.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2330,"href":"https:\/\/goodie-foodie.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1887\/revisions\/2330"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodie-foodie.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1889"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/goodie-foodie.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodie-foodie.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/goodie-foodie.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}