Umeboshi (pickled salted plums) from Mito, Japan--carefully hand made via traditional methods of just using salt (no chemicals or added preservatives), letting them sit in their own citric acid, and then drying them in the sun for 3 days and 3 nights. Nemoto tsukemono is a 80 year old family owned company which produces Japanese pickle products completely in-house, from growing, preserving to packaging. Mito is infamous in Japan for its 3000 ume trees in its Kairakuen garden, planted in 1842 by the feudal lord Nariaki Tokugawa. Designated one of Japan's top 3 gardens, Kairakuen draws numerous tourists every year to see the beautiful blooms in March. Tokugawa chose to plant ume trees in his city for 3 reasons: 1) ume blooms in spring right after the snow melts, which he believed would bring joy to his people, 2) ume contains natural acid which has long been said to relieve fatigue and promote health, and 3) ume can be preserved for very long periods of time in the form of umeboshi and thus is ideal to bring to battlefields. Ingredients: Ume, salt Comes in wooden barrel Content of umeboshi: 110g
