Kamakura vegetables, fruits, and fish
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Kamakura fish shop Kamaman Suisan
Kamaman, located in Kamakura, has an excellent selection of seafood.
I saw some black sea bream on display. It's a popular fish for fishing, so I bought one.
The knives in the photo are the ones I use. From left to right are the Kiya from Nihonbashi in Tokyo, the Aritsugu from Kyoto, and the Masamune yanagiba knife, which is used for making sashimi, from Kamakura.
Masamune is a master swordsmith who has been in business since the Kamakura period. He is so skilled that Tokugawa Ieyasu treasured his swords. Some of his swords have been designated national treasures.
The store is currently located in Onarimachi in Kamakura.
There is a small Inari shrine in Kamakura called "Masamune Inari," located around where Masamune's mansion once stood.
As for the taste of the black sea bream, I rinsed it with ice water and topped it with sudachi, a type of citrus fruit. It was quite good.
However, even though they are all sea bream, the red ones are superior.
“Rembai”: Kamakura Vegetables and Fruit Market
Summer fruit: Oriental melon.
It is also called the "country melon," but I think it is truly a refined, lovely fruit.
It's great because it's inexpensive yet still has a strong melon flavor.
I recommend buying the deepest yellow ones possible and letting them sit for a while after purchase to make them sweeter. Of course, they should be chilled.
By the way, I bought the oriental melon in this photo at the Kamakura Agricultural Cooperative Market, also known as Rembai.
This is a place where Kamakura-area farmers sell their produce directly, making it a valuable and appreciated place.
Kamakura's vegetable fields are known as "seven-colored fields" because many different types of vegetables are planted in one field.
A Guide to Easy-to-Read Books on Kamakura
The books below, produced by Lab Deep in Kamakura, provides an accessible introduction to Kamakura from a variety of perspectives.
“The Key to Kamakura” Author:Hisashi Toda
Kamakura is like a green box. Open its lid with the key and explore what's inside! You'll find many stories inside.
This book is an introductory guide to Kamakura. Nevertheless, it reveals Kamakura's multifaceted, mosaic-like nature.
It is an in-depth sightseeing guidebook, and we have included as many photos as possible, making them easy to view.
Table of Contents:
1. Middle Ages
2. Boundary Points
3. Yoritomo (源頼朝)
4. Sanetomo (源実朝)
5. The Great Buddha (大仏)
6. Author
7. Abutsuni (阿仏尼)
8. Yasujirō Ozu (小津 安二郎)
9. Actress
10. Sea
11. Enoshima (江の島)
12. Gardens
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“KAMAKURA” Author:Yone Noguchi
This is a guidebook to Kamakura by Yone Noguchi(野口米次郎), one of Japan's greatest heroes. However, unlike ordinary guidebooks, it reveals the true face of Kamakura: a city of silence, history, and Buddhism.
Table of Contents:
BY THE ENGAKUJI TEMPLE
THE TEMPLE OF SILENCE
A LEGEND OF THE BUDDHA'S TOOTH
BY A BUDDHA TEMPLE
UNDISCOVERED KAMAKURA
THE WONDER OF BRONZE
BY THE DAIBUTSU AT KAMAKURA
NICHIREN
THE HACHIMAN SHRINE
ENOSHIMA
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