Satsuma-style miso soup with meat and root vegetables
A regional miso soup from Kagoshima, traditionally made with chicken (or pork), daikon, carrots, burdock, and sweet potatoes. 'Meat chowder' is a loose English approximation.
Satsuma-jiru is a local dish of Kagoshima.
On a cold day, I want to warm up with Satsuma-jiru.
Standard kanji spelling; 薩摩 refers to the Satsuma region.
Mixed kana-kanji spelling, common in everyday writing.
From 薩摩 (Satsuma, the old province name for modern Kagoshima) + 汁 (soup). The dish originates from the Satsuma region.