Our first reporter is Christine Meister, from the U.S. She’ll report on a nationally renowned special product of Kitakyushu: Oma takenoko, bamboo shoots from Oma in Kokuraminami-ku that are in demand even among famous restaurants in Tokyo and Osaka.
On this program Christine, a foreign resident of Japan, experienced easy takenoko-digging and visited spots that offer takenoko cuisine. Learn her impressions of this, her first experience!

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