As edible seaweed, wakame is perfect for preparing in salad form. Wakame can be used in salads and hot dishes and is an ingredient in miso soup, which, as many know, is one of the main dishes in ...

The final installment will feature a salad that uses a “dried food of the sea,” wakame seaweed. In Japan, a nation surrounded by the sea, seaweed has been part of the diet since ancient times.

Cucumber salad gets an upgrade thanks to shrimp, tomatoes, and seaweed. This Japanese cucumber salad from 2000 F&W Best New Chef Takashi Yagihashi is simple, elegant, and perfectly balanced.

A type of kelp, wakame is a source of potassium and magnesium as well as iodine (key for thyroid health). On the sustainability front, “kelp forests restore aquaculture and help preserve marine ...

Seaweed farmers in the wildfire-stricken city of Ofunato in northeastern Japan's Iwate Prefecture have begun harvesting cultivated wakame for the first time this season. Offloading of the local ...

The wakame seaweed harvest has started in the sea near Akita Prefecture and other areas. On February 23, a harvesting event was held in the city of Oga. About 40 people, including elementary ...