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Ibusuki, located on the southern tip of the Satsuma Peninsula in Kagoshima Prefecture, is renowned for its unique geothermal activity due to being in a volcanic region. Additionally, Ibusuki is recognized for its picturesque coastal scenery, including the beautiful Kinko Bay. Shizuka explores all of this and more on this byFood adventure!
Our first stop is Daimaru Katsuobushi Factory, where Shizuka goes behind the scenes of katsuobushi production. Katsuobushi is dried and fermented skipjack tuna, which is a fundamental ingredient in washoku (Japanese cuisine) known for its intense umami flavor. Shizuka runs us through the production cycle (processing, cleaning, freezing, drying, smoking, fermenting, and drying) before getting in on the action! She bravely enters a minus thirty (and then a minus fifty) katsuobushi freezer. After this, she defrosts outside and tries fresh katsuobushi and a healthy regional soup dish called cha bushi.
Next, Shizuka visits and experiences one of Ibusuki’s top claims to fame; natural hot sand baths! Ibusuki has the only natural sand baths in the world, making it a popular destination for domestic and overseas travelers looking for rejuvenation.
After brushing off the sand, it’s time for lunch! Ibusuki has geothermal steam areas, which are used as public cooking areas. Shizuka steams eggs, potato, and okra for lunch before moving on to the day’s final stop; a somen noodle restaurant of a different kind. Tosenkyo Somen Nagashi is a somen noodle restaurant that uses fresh spring water from a nearby gorge. Typically, nagashi somen noodles flow down a bamboo chute, but at this restaurant, they flow in a circular motion in the middle of your table.
FEATURED FOODS
Dried Bonito
Mugi (Wheat) Miso
Cha Bushi
Steamed Eggs
Steamed Potato
Steamed Okra
Grilled Masu Fish
Miso Soup
Somen Noodles
Inari Sushi
LOCATION
Ibusuki, Kagoshima Prefecture
TIMELINE
00:00 Intro
00:43 Shizuka Anderson
01:26 Daimaru Katsuobushi Factory
07:10 Katsuobushi Shop
08:12 Sand Bath
10:20 Geothermal Steam Cooking Area
15:06 Tosenkyo Flowing Noodles
20:07 Outro
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39 Comments
Awesome video. I love watching ur videos. So informative
Very unique noodle presentation! And now I know more about the bonito flakes! Thanks!
Very interesting😊
Take care and have a wonderful week!✨
I particularly appreciate these videos that highlight places off the beaten path like Kagoshima. Another banger vid guys! I reckon you could throw a dart 🎯 at a map of Japan, travel to wherever it landed and find yourself in a city or town with a unique charm worth a visit!
P.S. Shizuka rockin the stylish outfit ❤️
the guy lowkey roasted you at 4:04 lmao
So yummy! Thanks JBF crew!
既に食されたかもですが、鹿児島といえばやはり黒豚ですね。
I must have extra bonito flakes in my takoyaki and okonomiyaki 😋😋
No matter what she's wearing she's dressed appropriately. ♥
Shizukaaaaaaa
Just returned from a trip to SE Asia. There was a BOILING hot spring in Chiang Rai, Thailand. It was so hot there were warning signs posted on ropes five feet away from the edge warning not to place any body parts into the water! Employees were boiling eggs for sale in long-handled baskets. You could choose 1 minute or 2 minute eggs. Interestingly, there was no safety grid/net over the water…just the signs.
Only have one problem with this video it was to short 😢
wow very nice experience friend
I thought when shizuka had the sand bath she had to me nekid gasp the ratings would have doubled nice to still see some warm days in japan,nice work team.🍻
Ooo mami is right…
Love Katsuobushi I knew it was a long process but what a beautiful flavour!!!! So good!!!! 👌🏻
Awesome content Japan By Food.👏👏👏
The sand bath was cool!
Koichi san spinning the towel in the -30C cold room with a Hawaiian t-shirt is the absolute highlight for this video, LOL
Shizuka is so much fun and the experience she brings us every week is very enjoyable.
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that thumbnail lol shizuka "sanderson" amirite heh
Thumbnail looks like you're having a good time, but then you got your head severed lol
Great video.
is the sand bath good for one’s ice-cold soul? asking for a friend 😂
One off my favorite place in Japan. We try to go there whenever we can. After being there several times I can't get enough of it. Ibusuki onsen and the other things from the video are just some of the original aspects of Kagoshima you can find only here. I must add the Jumbo Mochi the Kurobuta pork and the place where you can find the Shiro Kuma shop exactly in Kagoshima city where they serve the biggest shaved ice in Japan with countless toppings. Kagoshima city has free dolphin show almost every day and the view of the volcano is priceless. The weather is very mild during the fall and winter and no so many foreigners actually are visiting the area so it's kind of magical. There are other unique things but I have spoiled enough. Lol
Man, I am so glad my bro sent me links to this channel. They get better and more interesting all the time. I'm from Canada too! British Columbia. You flow between worlds well in a good way. Thank you!
Thank you for always being healthy😊
Yay!!! I would eat spmen & inari sushi with Shizuka Anderson 😊 It looks refreshing & delicious!!!
“❤” 😇
We went to Ibusuki a few years back and loved the sunamushi! I wish I knew about the other places to visit though. Sometimes hard to hard things in the smaller places but I can always go back!
This is why Japanese cuisine is the best in the world… 6 months of processes just to get a delicious garnish and base for foods with bonito flakes!!
Shizuka-san, it says タケノコ at 10:00 instead of キノコ, so maybe you could have cooked mushrooms but not bamboo shoots?
😍😍😍
Another sugoi video. Arigato danke🩵🙏🏻
Shizuka's Canadian DNA in Full Action at -50°C!!! I would have been dead in that Refrigerator.
Thank you for showing this part of Japan my mother was from this area and she would talk about it and possibly being able to go back and see it , but sadly she had pasted away years ago and I was very young but this brought back memories of her talking about it. Thank you !
The noodle place looks like where the elf lords of Rivendell might feast