The final installment will feature a salad that uses a “dried food of the sea,” wakame seaweed. In Japan ... The addition of grated sesame seed and sesame oil enhances the dressing's richness ...

I discovered seaweed by accident at a local Japanese market five years ago. What started as a curious purchase turned into a ...

Salted cucumbers, rehydrated wakame seaweed, and plump shrimp are tossed with a refreshing rice vinegar, mirin, and sesame oil dressing. Serve this cucumber salad as a first course or side dish ...

Chef Hayashi heads to the city of Hakodate to visit the people involved in the production of kombu kelp ... Sprinkle with sesame seeds to taste and serve with rice. And from Sapporo, the largest ...

spinach and kombu. Cover the saucepan and cook for roughly 4 minutes, until the chicken is cooked through. Ladle the broth into bowls and top with some matchstick carrots and toasted sesame seeds.