Chinmi (珍味), lit. odd taste, are local cuisines that have fallen out of popularity or those cuisines that are peculiar to a certain area. Commonly, three chinmi of Japan is believed to be salt pickled roe of sea urchin, karasumi, and konowata.
Kankai - Dried Komai fish. It may be eaten as is, or broiled and eaten with a sauce made by mixing mayonnaise and soy sauce and sprinkles of red pepper powder.
This year, Chinmi seems to be enjoying something of a renaissance, particularly since it was mentioned by the Reading Agency in the UK as a series that had been found to encourage "reluctant readers" to pick up books.
Chinmi is the representative of the Dailin temple and is forced to fight his friend Xifang [introduced in 7: Pole Stars].
It begins with Chinmi as a Dailin training master at the main temple, but before long, he is given a mission to travel to the distant Guanglin temple, where he ends up leading the resistance against an oppressive overlord.