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The main seaweed foods in Japan

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The ancient inhabitants of the Japanese archipelago seem to have eaten seaweeds. In fact, remains of marine algae such as Eisenia and Sargassum are often found mixed with shells and fish bones in relics of aborigines of the Jomon-pattern (BC 300–6000) and Yayoi-pattern eras (BC 300–AD 400) in Japanese prehistory.

Key words

  • seaweed
  • laver
  • nori
  • konbu
  • hiziki
  • wakame
  • amino acids
  • minerals
  • vitamins
  • arsenic

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  1. Department of Fisheries, College of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine, Nihon University, Setagaya, Tokyo, 154, Japan

    Kazutosi Nisizawa

  2. Mie University, Tsu, Mie, 514, Japan

    Hiroyuki Noda (Faculty of Fisheries)

  3. Tokai Regional Fisheries Research Laboratory, Chuo, Tokyo, 104, Japan

    Ryo Kikuchi

  4. Tokushima Prefectural Food Research Institute, Tokushima, 770, Japan

    Tadaharu Watanabe

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Nisizawa, K., Noda, H., Kikuchi, R., Watanabe, T. (1987). The main seaweed foods in Japan. In: Ragan, M.A., Bird, C.J. (eds) Twelfth International Seaweed Symposium. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 41. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4057-4_2

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