Plum trees that have just started to bloom are delighting visitors at an annual festival at the Kairakuen garden in Mito City ...

Often referred to as sour plums or Japanese apricots, Umeboshi plums are round, dried, and pickled fruits that have a ...

Umeboshi, a traditional Japanese pickled plum, has been cherished in Japan for centuries. Its intense sour and salty flavor ...

In Japan, the word for sourness is suppai. Since ancient times, people in Japan have preserved foods through fermentation.

Ahead of cherry blossom season, the ume or plum blossoms brighten up the colder months in Japan. This guide introduces the different varieties. This type of ume is close to the original species ...

WAKAYAMA--Famed for being the largest plum-producing area in Japan, Wakayama Prefecture’s local “umeshu” plum wine producers are striving to flow out to new markets abroad. And they have set ...

While cherry blossoms are often seen as the quintessential Japanese flower, the plum blossom once signaled the arrival of spring. Introduced from China around 1,500 years ago, plums were already ...

It uses umeboshi (salted Japanese plums), but what you put inside can be just about anything — fish, meat, veggies, even cheese — as long as it fits and tastes good. Feel free to experiment.