Ehime Prefecture
Everything this blog represents is embodied in Shikoku. When you break everything down, it's about the "dashi" a stock that is the cornerstone of all Japanese cuisine.
| Jyakoten Fish Cake |
It's the "umami" in the cuisine, that glutamate that adds savoriness to meats and soups.
It's the sweet round goodness in the "mikan" tangerines. The pure water in the nihonshu - fermented rice brew.
| Mikan Onigiri |
It's having Dogo Onsen, the oldest "onsen" natural geothermal springs; over 2000 years old. Shikoku is the mecca for pilgrimages in Japan. People come from far and wide to find a spiritual identity.
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It's the refinement in the Jukujo.
