The best-selling product here is what is called 'Shibori Tomato,' or dry-farmed tomatoes grown in Tamakawa village. It looks just like other varieties of tomato, but is different. It has much higher sugar content than usual tomato.
Keyword: tomato, Tamakawa, shibori
This is Edomae Tempura Bowl. The eel is too long to fit in the bowl. Rounded off with shrimp and scallops, this is a very filling meal. It's covered in sauce, and yet the coating is still crisp.
Keyword: tendon, tempura bowl, eel, shrimp, scallop, meal
Kamaboko is processed fish paste molded into a variety of patties.
At this shop they also sell "oden," a dish where various ingredients are simmered in a broth. It seems unlikely that such a shop would sell croquettes, but here are The Oden Croquette sold for 60 cents each.
This croquette is diffe...
Kindai Bluefin Tuna is the farm-raised tuna undertakes by Kinki University students. A ten-minute trip on the water takes us to a large fish pen in the ocean. A peek underwater finds many farm-raised tuna swimming about. There are about 100 tuna in this one cage alone.
Keyword: Kindai Universi...
It's covered with fuzz. As the koji mold grows, the filaments begin to bloom. This is what it looks like when it becomes koji.
Keyword: koji, mold, aspergillus oryzae, close-up, rice malt
The food samples are made with Japanese craft skills. Beer with the waterdrops on the glass looks real and is quite popular at the store.
Keyword: plastic food, sample, store, handmade, craftsman
This small island in Chiba Prefecture is made entirely of white seashells, which was accumulated and formed naturally. At low tide it's about the size of a soccer field. It's a mountain of seashells as far as the eye can see. Many are Tokyo Bay clam shells.
Keyword: seashell, shell, island, Ch...
The artist loved washi masking tape, so she uses it to create something unique and different. For 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' by Vermeer, she has used pink and flower-pattern tape to create a pretty picture quite different in tone from the original. It took her a week to complete da Vinci's 'The La...
This is a highly specialized spoon for honey. Honey is drippy and difficult to scoop with a spoon. With this spoon, though, you can scoop four teaspoonfuls at once. Give it a twist, and there are no drips.
Keyword: spoon, specialized, honey
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