静岡県·郷土料理
Tororo-jiru (Grated Yam Soup)
Enjoy plenty of thick, creamy grated mountain yam poured over warm barley rice. With every slurp, the rich, savory aroma of the mountains gently spreads through your senses. Known as a specialty of the Mariko (Maruko) station on the Tokaiden highway, the long-established shop 'Chojiya,' said to have been founded in 1596, still flies its curtain at the same location today. It is said to have begun when the shop served winter-harvested mountain yam to travelers preparing to face the difficult Utsunoya Pass to help them regain their strength. In 1691, Matsuo Basho composed a poem about Mariko's tororo-jiru, and the appearance of this teahouse was also depicted in Utagawa Hiroshige's 'The Fifty-three Stations of the Tokaido.' You can savor this bowl that has supported travelers for generations, amidst a landscape that remains almost unchanged from the past.
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