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Local Products

■ Karin (かりん: quinces )
■ kanten (寒天: agar or Japanese vegetable gelatin)
■ wakasagi and funa (わかさぎ、ふな: pond smelts and Prussian carp)
■ Shinshu miso (信州味噌: Shinshu district's locally made soy bean paste)
■ hachimitsu (蜂蜜: honey)
■ kawauo ryori(川魚料理: freshwater fish dishes)
■ shio yokan (塩羊かん: Japanese sweet and solid jelly made of beans with a hint of salt)
■ shirakaba-zaiku (白樺細工: silver birch craft works)
■ Karin Musume (かりん娘: Literally means "The quince girl" ,which is locally made Japanese sponge cake. It has a light taste with juicy slices of quinces baked inside.)
■ kori-mochi and kori-dofu(凍もち、凍どうふ: freeze-dried rice cakes and freeze-dried bean curd)
■ shinshu-soba(信州そば: Shinshu buckwheat noodles)
■ ringo(りんご: apples)
■ seishu(清酒: Local sake)
■ sansai-ryori(山菜料理: dishes prepared from local wild plants)
■ kokuyoseki-zaiku(黒曜石細工: obsidian handicrafts)
■ kyodo-mingeihin(郷土民芸品: local folk handicrafts)
■ orugoru(オルゴール: music boxes)
agar or Japanese vegetable gelatin Shinshu buckwheat noodles Shinshu district's locally made soy bean paste Local sake

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