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In Japan, three groups of this species in cultivation are recognized. The common long, cylindrical type is known as nagaimo (長芋, lit. ' long yam '). The ichōimo (銀杏芋, 'ginkgo-leaf yam') bears a flat, palmate shape, and the tsukune imo (つくね芋) 'meatball yam' is round or globular.
Tororo (Japanese: 薯蕷, とろろ) is a Japanese side dish made from grating raw yams such as yamaimo (Japanese mountain yam) or nagaimo (Chinese yam).. The flavorless dish uses ingredients such as wasabi (a pungent paste made from the wasabi plant), dashi (Japanese stocks), and chopped spring onions, to give it more flavor.
Japan. In Japanese cuisine, okra and nagaimo are usually used as an addition or variation to miso soup. United States. In the United States, the ...
Acrolepiopsis nagaimo is a moth of the family Acrolepiidae. It was described by Yasuda in 2000. It is found in Japan. [1] The larvae feed on Dioscorea oposita.
The culture of Japan has changed greatly over the millennia, from the country's prehistoric Jōmon period, to its contemporary modern culture, ...
In Japanese, it is known as yamaimo (山芋, "mountain yam"). [4] Jinenjo ( 自然薯 , "wild yam") is another kind of Dioscorea japonica , which is native to fields and mountains in Japan. In Chinese, Dioscorea japonica is known as yě shānyào ( 野 山藥 ) which translates to English as "wild Chinese yam " or simply "wild yam".
In the 6th and 7th century of Japan, many influences arrived in Japan through Korea, including the importation of Buddhism. In addition to the different pre-existing religions such as Confucianism and Shinto, Buddhism had become the main religion by the time of the 6th century. Today, Buddhism is the firm root of the vital dining etiquette that ...
The new technology and culture of railways surprised people at that time and became a symbol of bunmei-kaika. [9] Horsecar — In 1882, Japan's first Tokyo horse-drawn railroad opened. It was later converted to a tram and became the predecessor of the current Tokyo Toden. Rickshaw; Steamship