MenuUsuage (thin-fried) tōfu stewed with ginkgo nutsGrilled dried deep-sea smelt (megisu)Ganmodoki (tōfu fritter)White riceMiso soup with kajime seaweedPickles (takuan and napa cabbage) The Noto Peninsula on the Japan Sea is renowned for its unspoiled natural beauty as well as its distinctive local culture, shaped both by its relative isolation and by sporadic contacts with the Asian mainl…