May 15th- 19th, 2024 is Summer – RIKKA (Beginning of summer) -21st KOU “Bamboo shoots sprout.”
Bamboo shoots are popular food in Japan. Eat the soft tips that just emerge from the soil. Please give the thick and hard parts to the pandas (lol)
The type of bamboo shoots that can be harvested at this time of year in the HOKUSHIN area is HACHIKU. My favorite is simmered HACHIKU with dried HOTARUIKA (firefly squid). It’s exquisite! It also goes well with Japanese SAKE.
