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Iwana Wappa Meshi

 

 

Cooked rice served in a fragranced Japanese cypress container Mage-Wappa.

 

With freshly picked wild-chestnuts, sprinkled with caramelised & braised Japanese mountain trout flakes.

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Hand crafted cypress container called mage-wappa, rice inside in this dish called wappa-meshi. Mr.Hoshi lived in my home town region, he made this containers. he was over 80 yeas old that time, he showed me how to make them and how sustainable materials they are.He was telling us a story about his life too, the great story teller and another skilled person has gone.

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