A Japanese recipe calling for ‘soy sauce’ will usually ... seaweed and poppy seeds. Ume plums are picked in their thousands every summer and packed into barrels with salt, which extracts ...

1. In a large, shallow bowl, whisk the Japanese plum wine with the ground ginger. Add the plum wedges to the bowl and toss well. Let stand at room temperature for 15 minutes, stirring a few times.

A Tokyo correspondent for The Associated Press is sharing her basic onigiri recipe. It uses umeboshi (salted Japanese plums), ...