Missing Home foods? Recommend your local cuisine in Japan

I've been in Japan now for more than 35 years, so I've grown accustomed to Japanese food. Actually, I liked it even before I came here in 1987. But Japanese food is my base.

What I miss more than any other dish, though, is Mexican tamales. Really good Mexican food is difficult to find in Fukuoka, but in the rural parts it's impossible. Thankfully, I can make some good Mexican food, even though the ingredients can be rather expensive. But tamales requires some ingredients that are impossible to find here. It's also really home cooking. My childhood friends' moms made tamales. I really miss that.