Kaiso sea vegetables

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Sea weeds, sea vegetables (kaiso, kaisoo 海草)

Many sea vegetables and seaweeds are eaten, most of them are kigo.

Seaweed (kaisoo) Japan
KIGO COLLECTION


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Aonori, ao nori あおのり(青海苔) green laver
processed into sea herb flakes and powder.



Hijiki ひじき (鹿尾菜) edible brown algae
hijiki was one of the cheapest food for the poor fishermen of old. They could prepare dry hijiki at the beach and then use it for all kinds of food. It is rich in minerals and very healthy.
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hirome (ひろめ) 広布 / ヒロメ hirome seaweed
Undaria undarioides


Kanten 寒天 gelatine (mostly from agar agar)
tengusa 天草　てんぐさ


Konbu こんぶ　（昆布）kelp, kombu
..... Hidaka Konbu from Hidaka for dashi konbu
..... ma konbu ま‐こんぶ(真昆布), real konbu, Laminaria japonica
..... Rausu konbu from Rausu らうす (羅臼), Hokkaido
..... Rishiri konbu from Rishiri 利尻昆布(りしりこんぶ), Hokkaido


Nori 海苔 dried laver
as sheets or chopped. Meerlattich
..... aji nori 味のり, ajitsuke nori, with a flavor. Available in many varieties.
..... yaki nori 焼きのり toasted nori



tamamo 玉藻 gemweed
The one at Minume 敏馬 is already mentioned in the old poems of the Heian period.
Nojima no saki 野嶋の崎.
tamamo no mae, tamamo gozen 玉藻前（たまものまえ) is a famous person.
In Takamatsu, there is the Tamamo Park 玉藻公園 .
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. Matsuo Basho and Tamamo no Mae 玉藻前 - Tamamo Gozen 玉藻御前 .
Oku no Hosomichi - Station 9 - Sesshoseki 殺生岩




Wakame 若布 kelp, sea tangle. Availabel dried or fresh.



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At the shrine Hachimangu in Kamakura, some konbu is used as a gohei purification wand. noshiyoogusa

三方には鮑（あわび）・熨斗・昆布を載せて供える


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Worldwide use


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Things found on the way


WASHOKU - Japanese Food Culture and Cuisine: Dashi
with kombu


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HAIKU



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