This is a contemporary illustration drawn in brushstroke style. In Japan, there are invisible dwarfs. There is a Japanese folktale about a dwarf called “Issunboushi” who exterminates demons. There is also a world fairy tale about “Seven Dwarfs” who save a princess in a castle. Where do these dwarfs come from and what do … Read More
An annual grass of the Gramineae family. The grains are cultivated for food and industrial raw materials, and for the entire above-ground part as feed. The stem is upright and 1 to 4 meters high. Most of the nodes are 14 to 16, and there is almost no branching. Fresh, frozen (whole form, cut … Read More
Description for Pumpkin Pumpkin is a general term for fruit vegetables belonging to the genus Cucurbita within the family Cucurbitaceae. While native to the Americas, the primary production areas are China, India, Ukraine, Africa. Wild species of the genus Cucurbita are distributed only in the New World, with most occurring in Mexico and Central … Read More
any fern of the genus Osmund: large ferns with creeping rhizomes. Eats shoots in Japan. One of the typical wild plants that makes you feel spring. It grows naturally in the mountains of Japan, and the young shoots picked in early spring are edible. In general, dried Osmund, which is a dried boiled product, … Read More
A young bud from the rhizome of bamboo in early summer. Several times it is covered with leather, growing grows in a few days while leaving the skin off. It is edible while it is soft. Japanese says Takenoko.
a leguminous plant of the genus Pisum with small white flowers and long green pods containing edible green seeds. Japan calls En-Do.
Description for Sushi foods Anything made with vinegared rice that also contain vegetables, spices, fish, or other delicacies.There are different kinds of “Sushi” and depending ON the locality. The most common is “Nigiri zushi” and originally produced in the Tokyo districet. Nigirizushi consists of small oval-shaped balls of rice seasoned with vinegar and sugar … Read More
Japanese says Ten-pu-ra. Battered with water-soluble wheat flour and fried in vegetable oil. It begins in the Edo period. this is most difficult kanji. The etymology of tempura is “tempero” which means “cooking” in Portuguese and “templo” which means “heavenly day (day when birds and beasts are forbidden and eat fried fish)” in Spanish. … Read More
