Japanese food ~19~ Umi budou

  I got a souvenir. My father went a trip in Okinawa.
Do you know Okinawa? It is the small island which is located in
the south of Japan. Okinawa has individual history and characteristic
culture. Okinawa was occupied by U.S.A until  1972.
  Okinawa culture is little bit different from the main land of Japan.
For example, food, building, language, art, clothing, are different. I heard that
people can speak both of the standard language and dialect.
And the last name of Okinawan sound different.
  Okinawa culture has individual characteristic.  I would like to go to
Okinawa some day.

 This is called Umi budou.

Umi = sea
Budou= grape
This is a kind of seaweed. But it looks like grape. So, this seaweed is named Umibudou.
Taste was....OK...not bad. ^ ^ ;
I just eat because it's healthy. The average of life expectancy of Okinawan is so long.
People eat a lot of seaweed. So, I guess the life expectancy is so long.

This is wine, which is made from a pineapple.

I have never had such wine before. This taste like pineapple juice.

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