Hijiki

Hijiki or hiziki (Japanese: 鹿尾菜 or 羊栖菜) (Sargassaceae), is a type of edible seaweed commonly found on rocky coastlines. Its scientific name is Hizikia fusiformis.

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Its name, which is an example of ateji, reads deer-tail grass.

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Hijiki has green to brown color when found in wild. After collected, it is boiled and dried to make dried hijiki to be sold. Dried processed hijiki turns black. It is soaked in water and cooked with ingredients like soy sauce and sugar to make a dish.

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Japanese: When used as an adjective, Japanese refers to anything that originates from Japan. It may refer to more than one article:...

Seaweed: Phycologists consider seaweed to refer any of a large number of marine benthic algae that are multicellular, macrothallic (large-bodied), and thus differentiated from most algae that tend towards microscopic size (Smith, 1944). Seaweeds are found among the green, red, and brown algae. Some cyanoba...