Shichimiya

Shichimiya Honpo
Native name
 七味家本舗
Industry Food and Restaurant
Founded 1655
Headquarters Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto, Japan
Website www.shichimiya.co.jp
Shichimi tougarashi spice

Shichimiya Honpo is one of the oldest spice manufacturers in Japan founded in 1655 and located near the famous Kiyomizu Temple in Kyoto. [1]

The basic facts: [2]

  • Shichimiya Honpo is a special shichimi shop located on the way to Kiyomizu temple.
  • In 1655 it was founded using the name Kawachiya and was a place to welcome priests who came back from devotions under a waterfall.
  • Shichimi is a unique spice invented in Kyoto and Shichimiya Honpo is one of 3 most popular shichimi shops in Japan, beside Yagenbori in Tokyo and Yahataya in Nagano Prefecture.
  • Shichimi ingredients include:
    • shiso - Asian culinary herb Perilla frutescens var. crispa
    • sanshō - native Japan herb
    • yuzu - citrus junos.
  • The shichimi from Shichimiya Honpo has a special taste, because it used less red pepper and more sanshō and white sesame.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Shichimiya Honpo". Retrieved 20 March 2017.
  2. ↑ Nishii, Yuka (2 July 2012). "Shichimi in Kyoto". Retrieved 20 March 2017.
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