Seaweed

Dishes not yet grouped into a genre10

They get their own genre as the count grows

• Aosaアオサa bright green seaweed that thrives where fresh water meets the sea
• Hidaka Konbu日高昆布a soft-cooking kelp eaten as much as it flavors
• Hijikiヒジキa black, mineral-rich seaweed dried into small dark strands
• Makonbu真昆布the kelp once presented to shoguns as tribute
• Mozukuもずくa slippery seaweed grown almost entirely in one prefecture
• Noriノリa seaweed that dries and drenches between two daily tides
• Rausu Konbu羅臼昆布a kelp grown in the nutrient-rich waters off a World Heritage peninsula
• Rishiri Konbu利尻昆布the clear-broth kelp favored by Kyoto kaiseki cooking
• Tororo Konbuとろろ昆布kelp shaved into threads after a vinegar cure
• Wakameワカメa seaweed whose texture toughens against a strong tidal current