7．Unpopular Japanese food

I introduce unpopular Japanese foods from a foreigner. I introduce natto first. Natto is unsightly and the foreigner says that a smell is bad. Why do you think almost foreigner dislike natto? The reason is fermented food. But the natto is a health food. The natto is made of soybeans. Natto is got close as local cooking in Japan. Natto was used for Japan as a military meal at wartime time. You can get an effect by eating natto. The bowels get better. A bone is made. I want foreigners to eat natto by all means.

Next, I introduce a sea urchin. The sea urchin is one of the Japanese three major delicacies. It is a processed sea urchin. And it is a sea urchin produced in Fukui. The seasonal time is autumn from spring. The Japanese people often eats sea urchin with sushi. But the sea urchin is unpopular with foreigners. An appearance and the smell of the sea urchin are not liked. It has resistance that the foreigner eats sea urchin raw.　A texture and the taste of the sea urchin are not popular, too. I think so too. I have eaten sea urchin. I did not think that a sea urchin was delicious. I do not recommend it personally.

The third, I introduce umeboshi. The umeboshi is a kind of the pickles. Umeboshi is a health food. The umeboshi is made from a plum. As for the history of the plum, China is autochthonism. The ancient Chinese people used the plum as Chinese medicine than food. In Japan of the age of civil strife, they used umeboshi as a preservation meal. In addition, they used it as food poisoning and disease prevention. In Japan of modern times, umeboshi were loved as taste of the hometowns by soldiers. In Showa period, lunch box of rice and umeboshi became basic. The preservation characteristics of the umeboshi are high. If the preservation environment of the umeboshi is good, we can eat even the umeboshi 100 years ago. The umeboshi is food with the friendly feeling for a Japanese. But a foreigner does not like umeboshi. Umeboshi is sour. And a smell is no use. And an appearance is bad. It is unpopular from a foreigner for such a reason. I play sports. When I was tired, I eat umeboshi. Umeboshi is effective in relieving fatigue. Please eat umeboshi. Please eat Japanese foods. Please do not dislike Japanese foods.

How do you think? I love Japanese food! And you?