Chinmi

Japanese term referring to rare food delicacies

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Chinmi: Salt-pickled mullet roe (karasumi)

Chinmi (珍味) is a Japanese term meaning literally "rare taste", but more appropriately "delicacy". They are local cuisines that have fallen out of popularity or that are peculiar to a certain area. Many involve pickled seafood.[citation needed][1][unreliable source][failed verification] [2][unreliable source][failed verification]

## List of chinmi

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### Hokkaidō area

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* Hizunamasu
* Ikanankotsu – Cooked soft bones of squid
* Kankai – Dried Komai fish. It may be eaten as is, or broiled and eaten with a sauce made by mixing mayonnaise and soy sauce and sprinkles of red pepper powder.
* Kirikomi
* Matsumaezuke
* Mefun
* Saketoba – A smoked salmon
* Tachikama
* Uni

### Tōhoku area

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* Awabi no Kimo – Ground internal organs of abalone
* Donpiko – The heart of a salmon. As only one can be taken from a fish, it is very rare.
* Hoya – sea pineapple
* Momijizuke – Shreds of fresh salmons and Ikura pickled together
* Tonburi – A speciality of Akita prefecture. The dried seeds of the hosagi plant.

### Kanto area

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* Ankimo – Either fresh or steamed liver of an Anko fish
* Kusaya – Dried and pickled fish of Izu islands

### Chūbu area

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* Fugu no Ranso no Nukazuke – detoxed blowfish ovary in rice-bran
* Hebo
* Ika no Maruboshi
* Inago no Tsukudani
* Konowata
* Kuchiko
* Kurozukuri
* Zazamushi

### Kinki area

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* Daitokuji Natto
* Funazushi
* Kinzanji Miso

### Chūgoku area

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* Hiroshimana

### Shikoku area

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* Chorogi
* Katsuo no Heso
* Shuto
* Dorome

### Kyūshū area

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* Ganzuke (Saga)
* Karashi Mentaiko (Fukuoka)
* Karashi Renkon (Kumamoto)
* Karasumi (Nagasaki)
* Okyuto (Fukuoka)

### Okinawa area

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* Tofuyo
* Umibudo – A type of edible seaweed with tiny seeds that hang from its stems

## See also

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* Acquired taste

## References

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1. ^ "Things you need to know about Japanese Chinmi". 16 November 2021.
2. ^ "Japan's Most Challenging Food". 4 June 2016.

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