Wednesday, June 26, 2024

(3166) The eggplants called...

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...Tosa no Bimi (土佐の美味) i.e. "Tosa delicacies" (Tosa is an area in Shikoku, in present-day Kochi Prefecture/高知県) appear often in Tokyo super-markets. But this is the first time I saw them with this English rendering which is, I believe, something of an exaggeration.

(For a bigger version of this picture both in color and black and white, check my "Japan Arekore" set on Flickr ).

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