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Japanese Ingredients for the World’s Top Kitchens ＃11
NATURAL FARMING
The Power of Soil
Taku Abe heads MOA, a five-hectare farm in Shizuoka that upholds principles of natural farming taught by Mokichi Okada (1882–1955).
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2021.12.06
Japanese Ingredients for the World’s Top Kitchens ＃10
PREMIUM NORI
Health Food from the Sea
“Some 6.3 billion sheets of nori are made in Japan annually,” says Motoyuki Shinjaku of Mikuni-ya, a leading producer of the dried laver seaweed that’s pressed into thin sheets and known around the world as the wrapper for sushi.
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2021.11.04
Japanese Ingredients for the World’s Top Kitchens ＃09
APPLE CIDER
Winner of the 2019 Japan Cider Award
Toshihiko Moriyama, the fourth-generation head of a century-old apple farm, decided to make good use of the fruit thinned out in the growing process.
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2021.10.11
Japanese Ingredients for the World’s Top Kitchens ＃08 ARTISANAL RICE-KOJI BREAD
Loaves That Go Well with Washoku
text by Michiko Watanabe / photographs by Daisuke Nakajima / English text by Susan Rogers Chikuba Ta...
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2021.09.06
Japanese Ingredients for the World’s Top Kitchens ＃07 HEIRLOOM EBI-IMO TARO
Summer Labors Yield an Auspicious Winter Crop
text by Michiko Watanabe / photographs by Akito Shimomura / English text by Susan Rogers Chikuba The...
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2021.08.06
Japanese Ingredients for the World’s Top Kitchens ＃06 BLACK GARLIC
From Niche Health Fad to Sought-After Chefs’ Darling
text by Michiko Watanabe / photographs by Daisuke Nakajima / English text by Susan Rogers Chikuba Ao...
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2021.07.05
Japanese Ingredients for the World’s Top Kitchens ＃05 ORGANIC VEGETABLES
All-Natural Farming Right in Tokyo
JOURNAL / JAPAN 日本語（Japanease） text by Michiko Watanabe / photographs by Daisuke Nakajima / English ...
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2021.06.07
Japanese Ingredients for the World’s Top Kitchens ＃04 STRAWBERRIES
Soil Makes All the Difference
text by Michiko Watanabe / photographs by Daisuke Nakajima / English text by Susan Rogers Chikuba Fi...
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2021.05.10
HOTHOUSE LEMONS
Yamakita Green Lemons, Ideal for Summer
text by Michiko Watanabe / photographs by Daisuke Nakajima / English text by Susan Rogers Chikuba Th...
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2021.04.12
RAPESEED OIL
Cold-Pressed and All-Natural, Straight from the Land
text by Michiko Watanabe / photographs by Daisuke Nakajima / English text by Susan Rogers Chikuba In...
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2021.03.15
Finding the meaning of life in the mountain of Yamagata
When we arrive at Farm Red & Green after lunch on a sunny November afternoon, all is quiet, save...
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2021.03.08
Community spirit drives hospitality in Tendo
On a modest plot of land near JR Tendo station, in Yamagata Prefecture, farmer Yoshinori Wakatsuki i...
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2021.03.01
