It's crab season and here are some from the Sea of Japan, steamed and flavored with salt.
Dried persimmons at a street fair in Wakayama, "rich in carotene and delicious".These photos, taken earlier this month, arrived today in a packet from old friend Uomi Zenjiro in Obama, on the Sea of Japan. He and his wife run a pension there. Crabs are a winter delicacy in that part of Japan and Uomi wrote that the guests thoroughly approved of the ones shown here. Dried persimmons are another seasonal treat and could be my favorite dried fruit. I used to string them up like this and dry them myself when I lived in Tono.
The brilliant oranges of both photos warmed the day. Snow has again been falling for hours now.
