The Wasabi

Posted on Dec 16, 2014 in Hiroko's Blog

Cultivation of wasabi rhizome began quite many years ago in Japan. The wasabi farm, which I visited several years ago in Shizuoka Prefecture in Japan, is owned and operated by Yoshihiko Shiratori, who is the seventeenth generation. The business was founded by his ancestors four hundred years ago. It is the oldest wasabi farm in Japan. Mr. Shiratori’s farm is situated 2,200 feet above sea level and surrounded by high mountains, clean air and water. His wasabi grows on...

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