Turmeric

These green leaves are 'turmeric';'u-ko-n' in Japanese.

It's like a ginger plant and we can have rhizomes of the plant.
I hear about this plant a lot these days .
It is said to be good for our health.

I could see them at the field near my house.
Someone is growing them every year.

Perilla

　There are two kinds of 'perilla or beefsteak plant'; red ones and green ones.
Green ones are called 'o-o-ba' in Japanese.

Red one is used for 'shiso-juice' and 'picklied ume';'u-me-bo-shi' in Japanese.
The red color is beautiful in 'u-me-bo-shi.'
Green ones are served with 'sashimi' or put into sauce after cutting into pieces and so on.

Now they are producing seeds which we can cook, for exmaple 'te-m-pu-ra'.
It's delicious.