seaweed has been part of the diet since ancient times. Wakame even appears in the "Manyoshu," the oldest existing collection of classical Japanese poetry. After dried cut wakame hit store shelves ...

Salted cucumbers, rehydrated wakame seaweed, and plump shrimp are tossed ... Using a teaspoon, scoop out seeds from middle of cucumber. Cut cucumber into 1/8-inch-thick slices by hand or using ...

It's also cut into small pieces to be ... probably the best-known type of Japan's seaweed specialties after nori. Unlike nori ...

Seaweed farmers in the wildfire-stricken city of Ofunato in northeastern Japan's Iwate Prefecture have begun harvesting cultivated wakame for the first time this season. Offloading of the local ...