愛媛県 Ehime Prefecture Iyo Province

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.