Okinawan pork offal soup
A specialty of Okinawa Prefecture; a clear soup made with pork offal (intestines, stomach, etc.), often served at celebratory occasions.
Many families in Okinawa eat nakami-jiru during the New Year.
Nakami-jiru is a clear soup made with pork offal.
中身 means 'contents' or 'filling'; 中身汁 literally means 'contents soup', referring to the offal inside.
Standard kanji spelling for this Okinawan dish.
Variant spelling using 味 instead of 身; also seen.
From 中身 (nakami, 'contents') + 汁 (shiru, 'soup'), referring to the pork offal used as the main ingredient.