Food & specialties・Nagoya

Tenmusutenmusu

Also known as: 天むす・shrimp tempura rice ball

A compact rice ball enclosing a small shrimp tempura, lightly seasoned and wrapped in nori. Though it has become strongly associated with Nagoya as a local speciality and souvenir, its origins are contested — some accounts trace it to Tsu City in Mie Prefecture before it was popularised in Nagoya.

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