takayama SAKANA

Fine dining of selected seasonal ingredients and the highest quality of Hida beef can be enjoyed in a peaceful location.

Sakana Restaurant in Takayama serves seasonal cuisine. Most of dishes are made from local products such as highly acclaimed Hida-Beef, also we go into the mountains by ourselves to get wild ingredients. In this diary, I'd like to make some notes of seasonal food and scenes of Hida area.

Wild wasabi picking

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We came into a deep mountain to pick natural wasabi. After getting out of the car, it took about an hour to climb the swamp to the place where the wasabi grows. It was very cold because there was still snow left the day before.

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Wild watercress

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We climbed the snow-bound stream for 1 hour and arrived at the point of wasabi!

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In the natural environment, wasabi grows no more than a centimeter per year.　The wasabi in picture above should be 20 years old.

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<Wasabi root is in winter>

As the temperature gets colder, the roots become sticky, sweet, pungent, fragrant, and delicious! !

by Kay