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Encyclopedia > Chinmi

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.

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List of Chinmi

Hokkaido Area

  • Hizunamasu
  • Ikanankotsu - Cooked soft bones of squid
  • 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.
  • Kirikomi
  • Matsumaezuke
  • Mefun
  • Saketoba - A smoked salmon
  • Tachikama
  • Uni

Tohoku area

  • Awabi no Kimo - Ground internal organs of Awabi
  • Donpiko - The heart of salmon. As only one can be taken from a fish, it is very rare.
  • Momijizuke - Shreds of fresh salmons and Ikura pickled together
  • Tonburi - A speciality of Akita prefecture. Dried seeds of Hosagi plant

Kanto area

  • Ankimo - Either fresh or steamed liver of an Anko fish
  • Chikuwabu
  • Kusaya - Dried and pickled fish of Izu islands

Chubu area

  • Fugu no Ranso no Nukazuke
  • Hebo
  • Ika no Maruboshi
  • Inago no Tsukudani
  • Konowata
  • Kuchiko
  • Kurozukuri
  • Zazamushi

Kinki area

  • Daitokuji Natto
  • Funazushi
  • Kinzanji Miso

Chugoku area

  • Hiroshimana

Shikoku area

  • Chorogi
  • Katsuo no Heso
  • Shuto

Kyushu area

Okinawa area

  • Tofuyo
  • Umibudo - A type of edible seaweed with tiny seeds that hangs from its stems



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