Chinmi
{{Short description|Japanese term referring to rare food delicacies}}
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{{Nihongo|Chinmi|珍味}} is a Japanese term meaning literally "rare taste", but more appropriately "delicacy". They are local cuisines that have fallen out of popularity or that are peculiar to a certain area. Many involve pickled seafood.{{Citation needed|date=May 2024}}{{cite web | url=https://fromjapan.info/topics-about-things-you-need-to-know-about-japanese-chinmi/ | title=Things you need to know about Japanese Chinmi | date=16 November 2021 }}{{Unreliable source?|sure=y|reason=Questionable and self-published source, original research|date=May 2024}}{{Failed verification|date=May 2024}} {{cite web | url=https://foodsaketokyo.com/2016/06/04/chinmi/ | title=Japan's Most Challenging Food | date=4 June 2016 }}{{Unreliable source?|sure=y|reason=Self-published source, original research|date=May 2024}}{{Failed verification|date=May 2024}}
List of ''chinmi''
=[[Hokkaidō]] area=
- Hizunamasu
- Ikanankotsu – Cooked soft bones of squid
- Kankai – Dried Komai fish. It may be eaten as is, or broiled and eaten with a sauce made by mixing mayonnaise and soy sauce and sprinkles of red pepper powder.
- Kirikomi
- Matsumaezuke
- Mefun
- Saketoba – A smoked salmon
- Tachikama
- Uni
=[[Tōhoku]] area=
- Awabi no Kimo – Ground internal organs of abalone
- Donpiko – The heart of a salmon. As only one can be taken from a fish, it is very rare.
- Hoya – sea pineapple
- Momijizuke – Shreds of fresh salmons and Ikura pickled together
- Tonburi – A speciality of Akita prefecture. The dried seeds of the hosagi plant.
=[[Kantō region|Kanto]] area=
=[[Chūbu]] area=
- Fugu no Ranso no Nukazuke – detoxed blowfish ovary in rice-bran
- Hebo
- Ika no Maruboshi
- Inago no Tsukudani
- Konowata
- Kuchiko
- Kurozukuri
- Zazamushi
=[[Kinki]] area=
=[[Chūgoku]] area=
=[[Shikoku]] area=
=[[Kyūshū]] area=
=[[Okinawa Prefecture|Okinawa]] area=
- Tofuyo
- Umibudo – A type of edible seaweed with tiny seeds that hang from its stems