Kashiwan, a local dish in Yamaguchi Prefecture, is a soup made with chicken and shiitake mushrooms, with each ingredient carefully simmered and seasoned before being added to the cooled soup.

In Yamaguchi Prefecture, it is a very familiar local dish to the people of the prefecture, as it is prepared in every household and served as a local delicacy at school lunches, but in the past it was one of the dishes served on special occasions such as weddings, funerals, to be served to guests as a hospitality dish.

Enjoy the umami of the chicken, which has been coated with starch and cooked to seal the umami, and umami of the cooled broth.