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Writer's pictureRyo Hanazawa

Limited village making traditional food

Updated: Mar 5, 2024



Reading one letter from my friend who is Japanese American, I’m reminded of one village in my region. It’s called Yama-no-mura located in the northern region. It’s a tiny village and about 200 people are living there now.


I had visited there only once when I was in my 20s. This village is 1000 meters in altitude, so they have deep snow every winter. When I visited there, it was also in winter, February. 


This village is well known for producing dried Japanese white radish called Kanboshi-Daikon. It’s very simple and traditional. Actually, in the company I'm working at, we treat these products in our supermarket. You have better boil Kanboshi-Daikon with other food, with a soy sauce. It’s similar to Japanese Oden.


This village is close to a mining mountain called Kamioka-Kozan. Around the middle of the 20th century, Kamioka was a very lively town. But, when it came to around the end of the 20 th century, Kamioka had become a small town. Mining industry impacted the local region very much, anywhere in the world, I think.


This month, my coworker visited Yama-no-mura for his business trip. So I’m reminded of a lot of things about the village. I found an online video about this village. Please try to watch it.



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Pascal Ducrey
Pascal Ducrey
Feb 18, 2024

More en more intersting blog.Never give-up. You deserve more audience.

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Ryo Hanazawa
Ryo Hanazawa
Feb 19, 2024
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Thank you, Pascal. I will reply on the SLOWLY soon.

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