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Many find the taste unpleasant and smelly while others relish it as a delicacy. Nattō is more popular in some areas of Japan than in others. Nattō is known to be popular in the eastern Kantō region, but less popular in Kansai. [11] For those who dislike the smell and texture of natto, "dried natto" and "fried natto" were developed around 1990.
Rice production is important to the food supply, with rice being a staple part of the Japanese diet. Japan is the ninth largest producer of rice in the world. [1] The rice seasons in Northern Japan last from May–June to September–October. In central Japan, it is from April–May to August–October.
Yamanoimo or jinenjo (Dioscorea japonica) – considered the true Japanese yam. The name jinenjo refers to roots dug from the wild. Nagaimo (D. opposita) – In a strict sense, refers to the long truncheon-like form. Yamatoimo (D. opposita) – A fan-shaped (ginkgo leaf shaped) variety, more viscous than the long form.
Rice, the traditional staple food of the Japanese, was sidelined and the market was saturated. [4] In 1970, rice reduction and purchase restrictions began. The annual per capita consumption of rice, which peaked at 118.3 kilograms in 1962, declined steadily, falling to half, around 60 kilograms, in the late 1990s.
Champa rice, which belongs to the aus subspecies and ripens faster than regular rice, [1] originated in this time. [1] Farmers were able to grow two or three crops annually on the same field. [2] As a result, more food became available and the Chinese population grew. [3] Champa rice was also used to preserve food and wine. [4]
Japanese rice refers to a number of short-grain cultivars of Japonica rice including ordinary rice (uruchimai) and glutinous rice (mochigome). Ordinary Japanese rice, or uruchimai ( 粳米 ) , is the staple of the Japanese diet and consists of short translucent grains.
Puffed rice or other grains are occasionally found as street food in China (called "mixiang" 米香), Taiwan (called "bí-phang" 米芳), Korea (called "ppeong twigi" 뻥튀기), and Japan (called "pon gashi" ポン菓子), where hawkers implement the puffing process using an integrated pushcart/puffer featuring a rotating steel pressure chamber heated over an open flame.
Hybrid Rice. Hybrid rice is a type of Asian rice that has been crossbred from two very different parent varieties. [1] As with other types of hybrids, hybrid rice typically displays heterosis or "hybrid vigor", so when grown under the same conditions as comparable purebred rice varieties, it can produce up to 30% more yield. [2]