Part 8 of the series: Satoyama
Concept in Fukui
During our visit to the Kōnotori “Call Back the Storks” Farming
(コウノトリ呼び戻す農法) community (learn
more), we were given very healthy bento boxes for lunch featuring stork-friendly,
locally grown rice and other produce.
One of the onigiri (rice balls)
was with umeboshi (pickled plums).
This region is famous for the Fukui Plum (福井梅 / Fukui-ume). Another rice ball was mixed with fish, while
the third was covered in fuzzy furikake-tororo
which is made from thinly shaved tororo-kombu
(edible kelp). The onigiri were complemented by a selection of pickles and fresh
vegetables.
Readers living in Japan can support the efforts of Echizen
farmers to “Call Back the Storks” by ordering their stork-friendly rice via
their online
shop or Rakuten.