Nukazuke: Japanese Rice Bran Pickles

Have you ever heard of Nukazuke pickles?

The Nukazuke in the photo is what our boss pickled in the kitchen at our office.


Nukazuke pickles are vegetables pickled in a nukadoko, a fermented rice bran bed, for more than one or two days. It’s comfortably salty-sour, and you can taste good umami flavor. The longer the vegetables are left in the nukadoko, the richer the flavor will be. Nukazuke is a fermented food, so it’s believed to contribute a lot to your better immune system. It’s literally a natural probiotic super food!

Nowadays it’s getting easier to find rice bran or even an easy nukazuke kit from Amazon or other online stores. Let’s start living a healthier life by eating Japanese nukazuke pickles!


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These are lists of Japanese famous Ramen.

We export these ramens to more than forty countries in the world.

It's getting warmer and warmer in Japan! The rainy season will start in a few weeks, and after that, we'll expect that very, very hot summer coming!

What do you like to eat on a hot summer day??
I love to eat hot ramen noodles!

The photo is a famous ramen restaurant in Kobe.
It's called 'Ramen TARO'.

The greasy Chashu pork (it's a very popular ramen topping!) on the noodles tastes great with the noodles!

Have you ever tasted ramen noodles??
If you have, where did you eat it?

日本はだんだん暑くなってきました。あと２週間もすれば梅雨。その後はアツイ暑い夏がやってきます！

暑い日には何を食べたいですか？
私は・・・熱いラーメンが食べたい！

写真のお店は神戸の有名ラーメン店、「ラーメンたろう」です。

脂っこいチャーシューが麺とよく合って美味しいですよ！

ラーメンは食べたことありますか？
どこで食べましたか？

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This looks like the perfect Japanese breakfast!
Yum!!

これぞ完璧な日本の朝ごはん！
美味しい！

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Have you ever tried Japanese 'TSUKEMEN'?
This mean 'dipping noodles'. Cold noodles are served seperately with tasty hot soup, and you dip the noodles in the soup to eat.

Ramen noodles are popular of course, but Tsukemen is also popular Japanese noodles loved by lots of people around the world!

'Shingetsu' is my favorite Tsukemen restaurant in Kitakyushu City, Fukuoka!

つけ麺をご存知ですか？
文字通りスープに麺をつけて食べる種類の麺のことです。
ラーメンはもちろんですが、つけ麺も世界中にファンがたくさん！

写真は私のお気に入り。
北九州市の「新月」です。
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This photo makes me real hungry!!
Have you ever tried Japanese ramen?
There are lots of different flavors, and every area in Japan has its original taste, which is known as 'local ramen noodles'.

This one is from Kyoto, and the name of the restaurant is 'Shin-Fukusaikan', which is a very popular ramen restaurant.

Thank you, Hiroshi Abe for the great photo!

この写真見てたらお腹がすいてくる〜！
ラーメンは食べたことがありますか？
ご当地ラーメンと呼ばれる土地土地のラーメンが日本には存在します。

この写真は京都、新福菜館のもの。
とっても人気のラーメン店です。

阿部　洋さま、素晴らしい写真をありがとうございます〜！

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Hiroshima-yaki with oyster topping!!
Yyyyuuuuummmmm!!

Hiroshima-yaki looks just like a typical Osakan style okonomiyaki, but it's actually very different!

The sauce is different, and the way to cook is totally different!
To make Osakan okonomiyaki, you mix all the ingredients together and cook like a thick pancake.

But for Hiroshima-yaki, you make a crepe (a thin pancake) first, put the other ingredients on it, and sandwich them with another crepe.

Do you want to try it? Or you've tried it before?

牡蠣ののった広島焼き！！
美味しい〜！

広島焼きとお好み焼きは見た目は似ていますが、とても違います。

ソースも違うし、作り方もまるで違う！
大阪風では焼く前にすべての具材をミックスしますが、広島焼きではまずクレープ上の記事を作りそこに具材を載せ、さらに別のけレープをのっけます。

広島焼き、食べたことはありますか？

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Kaisen Donburi!! (bowl of rice topped with seafood)
The restaurant called ’Okamoto’ in Shimonoseki City is run by a fish shop, so every fish is really fresh!

The donburi was sooooo delicious!!

海鮮丼！
下関市にあるおかもとというお店はじつは魚屋さん。
なので、とっても新鮮なんです！

海鮮丼、美味しかった！

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These wagashis(Japanese sweets) are just too cute to eat!!

この和菓子たち、可愛すぎて食べれない！

Thank you 'Visit Japan International' for the cutest picture!
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