Miyagi Prefecture

Today I went to Miyagi prefecture on business. Miyagi is famous for a kind of fish-cake called "sasa-kamaboko" which is made with white fish. The sasa-kamaboko has the shape of a bamboo leaf .

In the last sentence you said that sasa kamaboko has the shape of a bamboo leaf in Miyagi. It sounds as if it's shape changes from prefecture to prefecture.

Using apostrophes in English is something like using katakana for foreign loan words in Japanese. You are saying your readers " Hey! Don't worry . This is a noun not found commonly in your language."

Using "for a kind of" to things eatable makes it more introductory.

Hope it helps.

Arigatou.