Mushrooms have difficulty growing in dry conditions. The harvest season ... The effects of abnormal weather also extended to matsutake mushrooms, the coveted delicacy for which Nagano Prefecture ...

TOKYO/SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – Fourteen years after the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, radioactive contamination remains a serious issue for wild mushrooms harvested in eastern Japan, ...

To savor the flavor of mushrooms all year round, consider drying them. While traditionally dried in the sun or oven, a ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Matsutake mushrooms harvested in Japan can cost over $500 per kilogram. Mushroom foragers like Gihei Fujiwara search for matsutake once a year around early fall.

Villagers said that they couldn’t trust mushrooms alone hereafter. They want to focus equally on potato cultivation. Some villagers in desperate situations took Matsutake secretly to the local market ...

Tanagura’s matsutake had a reputation for their exquisite taste and aroma. Tourists used to flock to the region each autumn to pick them, and the delicacy was an important source of income.

TANBA-SASAYAMA, Hyogo Prefecture--The year’s first auction of local “matsutake” mushrooms was held here on Oct. 11, with just three mushrooms, weighing 198 grams in total, fetching 930,000 ...

Matsutake gohan (pine mushroom rice) is a traditional Japanese autumn dish that Kishimoto says he looks forward to every year. “The focus is on the pine mushroom’s delicate flavour and scent ...