Niboshi - dried fish (niboshi - 煮干し)

Niboshi are dried sardines that Japanese eat as snacks or add to dishes as a flavouring. Noboshi sardines are part of the traditional and symbolic food served for New Year and called 'osechi'.

 

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Pack of niboshi in a shop
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Two niboshi on a plate

 

 

 

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