shikinbai (shikinbai)

Kairakuen in Mito, one of Japan's three great gardens, has about 100 varieties of plum trees planted with 3,000 plum trees, and is famous as a famous spot for plum. This Kairakuen was created by Nariaki TOKUGAWA, the ninth lord of the Tokugawa family of the Mito Domain. There is a reason why Nariaki planted a lot of plum trees, and one is that plum is a flower that signs the arrival of spring, makes people feel positive. And because the acidity of the plum fruit was ideal for military use, to heal the dryness and fatigue of the throat, many plum trees have been planted.
“Shishinkbai” was invented by Nariaki to make effective use of the plum that has been fruited in Kairakuen. Beautiful plum without scratches can be used for plum wine or used for plum wine, but if there is a bruise, the ugly plum is beaten with a mallet, etc., and remove the seeds, and only the body is pickled in shiso is “Shikumbai”. It is also called “Umebishio” by another name.
In Ibaraki Prefecture, in addition to Kairakuen, there were many plum spots such as Kodokan in the same Mito city and Mt. Tsukuba, but in fact, edible plum was not circulated very much in the prefecture. However, in recent years, the brand Ume from Ibaraki Prefecture, Hitachi no Ume, has become popular, and plum has become a specialty in terms of food.