Japanese prickly ash ( Sansho )
Sansho is an herb that comes from the young berries of a japanese prickly ash tree.

When many japanese think of sansyo as powder (with grilled eel) at first.
And  second image is  as tsukudani. That boiled in sweetened soy sauce with jako(alevin of sardine) or  shiitake and the like.


Anyhow its image fancy, fancy japanese restaurant or kyoto.
Because in "kyoto", I’d have lived in western japan?


The ineffable flavor is one and only.
Ineffable...I pretty like.


I bought sansyo.
I did't have notice selling sansyo in local supermarket. But it may have been sold every year.

Remove spray all.
Soak them in water to remove the bitter taste through one day and night.




Drain them, and boil with a pinch of salt for 5 〜 7 min.




I try to bite one.
Surprise !!!
It cause  numb feeling, but it's not  unpleasant feeling !
I want you to try this feeling!


According to your taste, soak them in water one more day and night.





Finally, seasoning!
I made sansyo-no-tsukudani.