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Image | Ingredient | Pronunciation | Short description | Season |
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Atsumi turnip | Atsumi kabu | Pickled in vinegar and sugar. | ||
Black Cod | Kandara | For a delicious "kandara-jiru" soup. | ||
Chrysanthemum flowers | Motte no hoka | A delicious sweet dish served in vinegar. | ||
Dadachamame | Dadachamame | Famous in Japan for being the "King of Edamame". | ||
Fugu (blowfish) | Fugu | Cut into sashimi or fried into delicious karaage. | ||
Fujisawa's turnip | Fujisawa kabu | Grilled with salt. | ||
Gassan bamboo | Gassan dake | Eaten boiled, fried or grilled. | ||
Japanese Chestnut | Tochi no mi | The sweet taste of autumn in Shonai | ||
Japanese butterbur | Banke | A flower like vegetable that sprouts under the snow. | ||
Koshiabura buds | Fukinoto | So delicious it is called the "queen" of the mountain vegetables. | ||
Maitake | Maitake | One of the tastiest mushrooms in Japan. | ||
Minden Eggplant | Minden nasu | A tiny round eggplant perfect that makes perfect pickles. | ||
Moso bamboo | Moso dake | A crispy, slightly spicy bamboo shoot. | ||
Mountain salt | Yudonosan yamashio | Rock salt collected in Mt. Yudono. | ||
Mugikiri Udon Noodles | Mugikiri | Tsuruoka's wheat noodles famous for their thinness. | ||
Ostrich fern | Kogomi | Mainly eaten fried (tempura). | ||
Oyama saké | Oyama shu | Oyama has been brewing saké for more than 4 centuries. | ||
Shonai pork | Shonai buta | Porks fed with edamame beans & local rice. | ||
Shonai's persimmon | Shonai gaki | A taste of autumn! | ||
Sweet shrimp | Amaebi | Best eaten as sashimi or in sushi. | ||
Wanpaku Egg | Wanpaku tamago | High quality eggs produced around Mt. Haguro. | ||
Warabi Eagle Fern | Warabi | Served with ginger and soy sauce. | ||
Yamagata Beef | Yamagatagyu | The local variety of wagyu. | ||
Zenmai Royal Fern | Zenmai | Served with fried tofu and carrots |
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