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Hōtō

Hōtō (ほうとう) is a noodle soup and popular regional dish originating from Yamanashi, Japan made by stewing flat udon noodles and vegetables in miso soup. Though hōtō is commonly recognized as a variant of udon, locals do not consider it to be an udon dish because the dough is prepared in the style of dumplings rather than noodles.

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Hōtō and the people of Yamanashi

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Main ingredients
Miso soup, udon noodles, vegetables
Place of origin
Japan
Region or state
Yamanashi Prefecture
Type
Soup

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Hōtō

Nodes71
Edges70
Triples77
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.028169
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Hōtō

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related to Local origin theory · 13
Hōtō → China, Chinese, Edo, However, In, Local, Muromachi, Other, Some, The Pillow Book, They, This, Yamanashi
related to Origins · 10
Hōtō → For, Gunma, Nagano, Saitama, Sericulture, Shizuoka, This, Wheat, Yamanashi, Yamanashi's Gunnai
related to Chinese origin theory · 9
Hōtō → China, For, Japan, Lu You, Nara, Shanxi, The, The Southern Song, Though
related to Takeda Shingen · 9
Hōtō → Another, Locals, Modern-day, Nagoya's, Takeda, Takeda Shingen, The, Tokugawa, World War II
related to Hōtō and the people of Yamanashi · 8
Hōtō → According, It, Many, Nagoya, Shingen Takeda's Fūrinkazan, The, Traditionally, Yamanashi
related to Preparation and ingredients · 8
Hōtō → Chinese, In, It, One, Pork, The, Unlike, Vegetables
related to Azuki bean hōtō · 7
Hōtō → Azuki-bōtō, However, In, Kai, Prefecture, Though, Yamanashi
Main ingredients · 1
Hōtō → Miso soup, udon noodles, vegetables
Place of origin · 1
Hōtō → Japan
Region or state · 1
Hōtō → Yamanashi Prefecture

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noodles soup udon yamanashi dish local flour miso ingredients vegetables word takeda shingen prefecture japan dough rice large found azuki-bōtō

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
HōtōMain ingredientsMiso soup, udon noodles, vegetables1.00infobox
HōtōPlace of originJapan1.00infobox
HōtōRegion or stateYamanashi Prefecture1.00infobox
HōtōTypeSoup1.00infobox
coffee shopsinstance ofModern-day tourists can enjoy hōtō in numerous local restaurants and in rather unlikely locations0.80text
ice cream parlors.A more extreme branch of these advertisements claims that the descendants of the Takeda clan introduced the recipe to the Tokugawa shogunateinstance ofModern-day tourists can enjoy hōtō in numerous local restaurants and in rather unlikely locations0.80text
who then used it to develop Nagoya's miso-nikomi udoninstance ofModern-day tourists can enjoy hōtō in numerous local restaurants and in rather unlikely locations0.80text
The Pillow Bookinstance ofwhile hōtō or hautau can be found much earlier in writings0.80text
shiitakeinstance ofalong with various types of mushrooms0.80text
shimejiinstance ofalong with various types of mushrooms0.80text
oystersinstance ofNon-traditional ingredients0.80text
turtleinstance ofNon-traditional ingredients0.80text

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