#119 Lotus Root Field

Iwakuni Shi, Yamaguchi Ken and vicinity

(August, 2022)

A field of lotus root plants (a.k.a. renkon or hasu). Used in many Japanese cooking. Iwakuni Renkon Lotus Root is grown as a specialty product of Iwakuni, and Iwakuni City has become one of the biggest lotus root production area even in the whole of Japan.

Usually, lotus root has 8 holes, while Iwakuni Renkon is known to have 9 holes (except tiny center holes).