What is Himono? | We Love Japanese Food
Himono refers to a method of food preservation that has existed since the Jomon Period (14,000-300 BC). This method is e

Japanese Gastronomy: Himono-Dried Fish-干物-Recipe
How many people outside Shizuoka Prefecture know that half (yes, half!) of all dried fish are caught and processed in our Prefecture,...

Before Japan ate raw fish, there was himono
Japan is famous as a nation that loves raw seafood. But dried fish has a much longer history here and has played an important role in...

Japanese Dried Fish (Sakano no Himono)
Himono means Dried Fish in Japanese. This article introduce how to make himono of barracuda at home.

Japanese Himono (salted, dried fish)
Nearly every country with a coastline has dried fish, most often salted and dried. For most of our history as humans sal