This document summarizes various foods and sweets that are traditional to and popular in Aso, Japan. It discusses dengaku, a miso-based dish; roll cakes shaped like cows; soba noodles that have been cultivated there for 1000 years; aka ushi beef; fuuchenduke pickles originating from a local festival; apple pie and other desserts sold at a popular shop; various ice creams; dagojiru, a miso stew; and kimchi produced on local farms.