The blog — Nori

Since the 17th century, Hiroshima Prefecture has been renowned for its cultivation of nori seaweed in the vast fishing grounds of the Seto Inland Sea. The quality and taste of the seaweed owe much to the cultivation process and the quality of the waters in which the seaweed is grown – one is tempted to use the word "terroir" –, so the region has something unique, a competitive advantage that it has continued to exploit to this day. When land reclamation eliminated the tidal flats used for cultivating nori, new techniques emerged, such as net farming on wheels and lifting...