Celebrate the yuzu season with us in the Japanese countryside | Yuzu recipes from Umaji Village
Yuzu Hajimaru Matsuri, or Yuzu “Beginning” Festival, is an exciting event that marks the start of the yuzu harvest season in Umaji Village. 🍊This village plays a significant role in the yuzu production of Kochi Prefecture, which is recognized as Japan’s largest producer of this citrus fruit. If you’re considering visiting, I highly recommend checking out the festival details online. Just a heads-up—due to the village’s location, having a car is essential for your trip. It’s a wonderful way to experience the local culture and enjoy the flavors of yuzu!
#NotSponsored: I had the opportunity to travel to Umaji Village, thanks to the support of the Umaji Village Agricultural Cooperative, which generously covered my accommodations and transportation costs. No further financial transactions took place to make this video.
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📖Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:36 About Yuzu and Umaji Village
01:00 Meet the Grandmother Cooks of Umaji Village
02:51 Yuzu Recipe 1: Gomoku-Zushi
03:57 Yuzu no Mori Factory Tour
05:59 Yuzu Recipe 2: Winter “Nabe” Hot Pot
07:11 Yuzu “Hajimaru” Festival
10:06 Local Yuzu Song
11:37 Yuzu Recipe 3: Yuzu Pie
13:36 Thank you to Umaji Village
14:11 Bloopers
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29 Comments
Thanks for bringing us along to the Yuzu festival. It looked like a lot of fun! Next time, I'm visiting Japan, I must try some yuzu. All your dishes looked great, Mika, but especially your yuzu pie.
thank you for sharing your good times, from us in bali
Can you lease tell which month of the yuzu festival and where I can join？your video is truly inspiring ❤
Love that there is a festival for my favorite fruit.
I love anyone who love's (spoils) their dog 🐶
watching this while eating some homemade lemon bars and with a light drizzle of rain outside. So perfect 💛 always looking forward to your videos~
Merry Christmas to both of you and, of course, Pancake. We are looking forward to seeing your efforts through 2025. Thank you for sharing your adventures with us
Jesse’s a man of few words when he’s enjoying your cooking, Mika! 😜
That was wonderful! I love your voiceovers!☺️
Thank you for insight into Yuzu season, need to find some Yuzu Marmalade to try. Also need to NOT watch your videos without snacks. Watching all that food makes me hungry 🙂 Happy Holidays.
Such a pleasant video. Thank you!
Thank you for another wonderful video Merry Christmas and a Happy New year to you both 🇬🇧🤩🥰😘
I want to try out these recipes at home. Especially since they lack fish. This was a wonderful video. It’s nice to learn about community events.
Dear Mika , Jesse and Pancake , THANK YOU FOR SHARING SUCH A BEAUTIFUL VIDEO ! The Yuzu festival was AWESOME !!! I wish I’d been there😢. All of the Yuzu Grandmothers are soo awesome 😊❤ ! The food they made looked delicious as did your dishes and pie 😛😋! Yep I’m still a foodie 😂 , I loved Pancake’s whipped cream treat (homemade pupacino😂❤) . I have a question for you “is yuzu similar to grapefruit ? Best wishes to all of you this holiday season. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year !❤❤❤❤❤😊
Wonderfull video, happy holidays!
Beautiful video! Thank you!
I love your small cosy kitchen! Do you guys watch tv? I feel like I've never seen a tv in your home. We just put ours on the attic. More quality time with each other 🥰
Is it grapefruits 😊
very nice video from Mika, the 'maigo' child, 迷子. on your recommendation we ordered ごっくん馬路村 gokkun umajimura via Amazon for delivery to us in Tokyo. looking forward to drinking it. our relatives in Saitama have a large, productive yuzu tree in their front yard that we can count on for loads of fragrant yuzu.
Is it just me or is the side profile of Jesse in the thumbnail giving "Mr. Darcy" ?
What a great episode! Bravo!
Oh wow… this is lovely. This small village seems vibrant and still full of life. I hope lots of young people come to keep it going. I hope they realize what a treasure this village is.
A lovely video as always. How is your house now that you have completed the insulation? Is it feeling much warmer and cozy?
チョコにも合うし、肉にも合う
食、化粧水、入浴剤となんでも最高！
いつも銀座のアンテナ店で買ってます
馬路村！ 早く行かなきゃ〜〜
I’ve planted 2 Yuzu trees in my yard in Mendocino, California and harvested the first 2 fruits recently. Thank you I’ve learned so much. I’m admiring the festival, the food preparation, and your narrative.
Loved this video, as always! One of my favorite ways to enjoy yuzu is soaking in a hot bath with it, the fragrance is so calming!
I came for Lord Pancake….I stayed for the Yuzu.
You inspired me to make the winter yuzu nabe tonight for Christmas Eve dinner. I even found a yuzu at the Nikkei centre in Burnaby 😋
another great video, thanks for sharing!!