春になると、あたたかい日がふえて、花もたくさん咲きます🌷春は自然だけではなく、食べ物からも感じることができます😌
日本では、その季節にいちばんおいしい食べ物を「旬」といいます。旬の食べ物は、新鮮でとてもおいしいです😋
春には、いろいろな旬の食べ物があります。たとえば山菜！たけのこやわらび、ふきなどは春を感じさせる野菜です🥬
わたしはおばあちゃんと毎年たけのこを掘りに行きます😆この季節になると、スーパーにもたくさん並びますよ！「たけのこごはん」や「山菜ごはん」にして食べる人も多いです🍚
それから、菜の花や春キャベツも旬です。菜の花は少しにがいですが、春らしい味がします🌱
つくしも春を感じさせる食べ物のひとつです！実はそのへんに生えている草なんですが、炒めて食べるとおいしいんですよ！この時期、道や河原でふくろを持って何かを探している人がいたら、きっとつくし採りです（笑）わたしもつくしを採るのが好きです🙌
春は貝もおいしい季節です！あさりやはまぐりも旬で、みそしるや酒むしにします🐚わたしは魚介類が苦手で食べませんが、潮干狩りには毎年行きます！色々とるのが好きなんです😂
春の味は、日本ならではのものが多いかもしれませんね🤔旬の食べ物を食べると、季節をもっと楽しむことができます✨日本人らしい楽しみ方ですね🇯🇵
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When spring comes, the days get warmer and many flowers begin to bloom. You can feel the arrival of spring not only through nature, but also through food.
In Japan, the foods that taste the best in a particular season are called “shun” (旬). Seasonal foods are fresh and very delicious.
In spring, there are many seasonal foods. For example, wild mountain vegetables (sansai). Bamboo shoots, warabi ferns, and fuki are vegetables that make people think of spring.
Every year, I go digging for bamboo shoots with my grandmother. Around this time of year, they also appear in supermarkets. Many people cook bamboo shoot rice (takenoko gohan) or rice with mountain vegetables.
Also, nanohana (rapeseed blossoms) and spring cabbage are in season. Nanohana is a little bitter, but it has a very spring-like taste.
Tsukushi (horsetail shoots) are another food that reminds people of spring. They actually grow like weeds around here, but if you stir-fry them, they are very tasty. Around this time of year, if you see someone carrying a bag and searching along roads or riverbanks, they are probably picking tsukushi. I also like collecting tsukushi.
Spring is also a great season for shellfish. Asari clams and hamaguri clams are in season, and people often make them into miso soup or steam them with sake. I personally do not eat seafood because I am not a big fan of it, but I still go clam digging (shiohigari) every year. I simply enjoy collecting things.
Many spring flavors in Japan might be quite unique to the country. Eating seasonal foods is a great way to enjoy the changing seasons. It is a very Japanese way of appreciating the time of year.
Vocabulary List
- 春はるspring
- あたたかいwarm
- ふえるto increase
- 花はなflower
- 咲(さ)くto bloom
- 自然しぜんnature
- 感(かん)じるto feel
- 季節きせつseason
- 旬しゅんfood in season / seasonal peak
- 新鮮しんせんfresh
- 山菜さんさいwild mountain vegetables
- たけのこbamboo shoot
- わらびbracken fern
- ふきbutterbur
- 野菜やさいvegetable
- おばあちゃんgrandmother
- 毎年まいとしevery year
- 掘(ほ)るto dig
- 並(なら)ぶto line up / be displayed
- たけのこごはんbamboo shoot rice
- 山菜(さんさい)ごはんrice with mountain vegetables
- 菜(な)の花はなrapeseed blossoms
- 春(はる)キャベツspring cabbage
- 少(すこ)しa little
- にがいbitter
- 味あじtaste
- つくしhorsetail shoots
- 草くさgrass / weed
- 生(は)えるto grow
- 炒(いた)めるto stir-fry
- 時期じきseason / time
- 道みちroad
- 河原かわらriverbank
- ふくろbag
- 探(さが)すto look for
- 採(と)るto pick / gather
- 貝かいshellfish
- あさりasari clam
- はまぐりhamaguri clam
- みそしるmiso soup
- 酒(さけ)むしsteamed with sake
- 魚介類ぎょかいるいseafood
- 苦手にがてnot good at / dislike
- 潮干狩(しおひが)りclam digging
- 多(おお)いmany
- 楽(たの)しむto enjoy
- 楽(たの)しみ方かたway of enjoying
