🍱 Niaekko

"Niaekko" is a local dish of the Shimokita region. In the Shimokita region, where rice cultivation was difficult due to the many cold weather damages caused by Yamase, various ingenuity was developed to secure food. Most of the vegetables were roots such as radishes, carrots, and burdock roots, and wild vegetables were preserved by salting or drying them. ""Niaekko" was made using such ingredients when the autumn radish harvest began. It is served on the dining table in everyday life as well, but it was always served in large quantities when people gathered, such as for ceremonial occasions. It is sometimes called “niekko.”