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Passing on Pickled Plums for Posterity

In a quiet Tokyo residential neighborhood is where you'll find the home of Norimatsu Sachiko. Open the door, and you're enveloped by the refreshing aroma of ume plums. Sachiko has dedicated much of her life to making umeboshi pickled plums, a traditional Japanese food. She even calls herself "Granny umeboshi." Her umeboshi are large, very sour and quite invigorating. Come visit her kitchen, and explore what has motivated her to keep making umeboshi for more than half a century.

English
  • Originally Aired October 7, 2023
  • Runtime 15 minutes
  • Network NHK World
  • Created December 12, 2023 by
    cparrey
  • Modified March 21, 2024 by
    morbus