Members of the Nippon Bartenders Association's branch in Mie Prefecture have created original cocktails that make use of typhoon-damaged Jiro persimmons — a local specialty of the town of Taki that is now in harvest — that cannot be shipped for sale. Until now, persimmons ...
Pair of premium persimmons fetch ¥540,000 at season's first auction
A pair of high-end persimmons proved sweet in more ways than one when they fetched ¥540,000 ($4,750) at the season's first auction on Thursday. The fruit — harvested in central Japan and sold at a local wholesale market — are of a cultivar developed by ...
Consumer sales began recently of the world's first seedless persimmons, a sweeter variety developed by Fukuoka Prefecture that producers hope will expand their sales channels at home and overseas. The Akiou (King of Autumn) is a nonastringent variety of persimmon with a bright orange skin, ...
Feast from the forest: foraging for edible plants in Japan
In the opening poem of "Kokin Wakashu" ("Collection of Japanese Poems of Ancient and Modern Times"), the Emperor writes about harvesting sansai (wild plants). The emperors of the Heian and Nara periods made it a rule to seek sansai in the forests in order ...
