Tokyo introduction

Yam is called Nagaimo in Japanese.
It is a sticky.

Peel with a peeler.

Sprinkle with soy sauce and put seaweed on it.
It's delicious as a snack for beer.

// wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_yam

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In Yamagata prefecture, Japan, there is a vegetable dish called "dashi".
It is a kind of pickles.

You can put it on rice, but it's also delicious on tofu.

// wikipedia (japanese)
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/だし (郷土料理)

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I played with my child using the shells of the hamaguri I ate.
Turn it over and guess which one suits you.

I got tired of it soon (^-^)
Did you feel a little bit of the creature?

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I bought a hamaguri.

This is called Namafu.

Dashi soup.

Boil the hamaguri and add the namafu to complete.

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// wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meretrix_lusoria

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