Monday, February 9, 2026
- 1 [Hokuryu Town x Kitayama Village] A miraculous collaboration! A rice salad with Jabara fruit juice and sunflower rice to ward off evil spirits
- 1.1 📦 The excitement and encounter you experience the moment you open the box
- 1.2 🍋 "Jabara" lineup, a gift from Kitayama Village
- 1.3 🥗 Co-created rice salad with rare fruits and Kurosengoku soybeans
- 1.4 ✨ Harmony wards off evil spirits and brings good fortune
- 1.5 🙏 With love and gratitude to all the producers
- 2 Other photos
- 3 Related Sites
[Hokuryu Town x Kitayama Village] A miraculous collaboration! A rice salad with Jabara fruit juice and sunflower rice to ward off evil spirits
This time, we visited Jabaraiz Kitayama, a local brewery in Kitayama Village, Wakayama Prefecture, with whom Hokuryu Town has signed a co-creation agreement. We purchased their specialty Jabara seasoning set and collaborated with Hokuryu Town's proud sunflower rice, sunflower oil, and Kurosengoku soybeans to create a dish full of love and miracles: Jabara Juice Rice Salad!
Please see this article for the story behind the signing of the co-creation agreement.
📦 The excitement and encounter you experience the moment you open the box
When the package arrived and I excitedly opened the cardboard box, the first thing that caught my eye was the entire inside of the box, filled with Jabara fruit and the beaming smiles of the producers!
It wasn't just the products that arrived. Through the photos, I felt as if the producers' passion and the refreshing scent of Jabura had softly reached this room in Hokuryu Town... I felt a warm feeling of reality.
I would like to give my heartfelt applause for this wonderful performance.
🍋 "Jabara" lineup, a gift from Kitayama Village
Here is the lineup of treasures that arrived this time.
- Jabara ponzu sauce
- Jabara juice
- The much talked about Doropon (a new and rich ponzu sauce made with Jabara peel paste)
- Jabara-scented Chinese dressing
- Jabara pepper (an adult flavor made with Aomori Prefecture's "Shimizu Mori Nanba" pepper and Jabara peel)
- Accordion marmalade
All of them are fascinating and inspire creativity. Let's get started on our collaborative cooking with Hokuryu Town!
🥗 Co-created rice salad with rare fruits and Kurosengoku soybeans
The main dish this time is a miraculous "rice salad" that celebrates the "encounter" between Hokuryu Town and Jabaraiz Kitayama.
The base of the dish is "Sunflower Rice," which is mixed with five grains, Kurosengoku soybeans, yellow soybeans, and pickled myoga ginger, and cooked until fluffy.The main ingredient of this dish, "Jabara juice," is added to create a special fragrant vinegared rice.
Top with colorful ingredients.
- Kurosengoku boiled beans
- Fig and carrot rapé
- purple onion
- Prosciutto wrapped in avocado
- Tomato, kiwi, apple
- broccoli sprouts
Additionally, we've arranged daikon radish and cucumber dressed with pickled plum to add texture and a sour accent to the dish.
To finish, drizzle on plenty of Jabara juice and sunflower oil from Hokuryu Town and it's complete!
The soup is served with carrot potage (made with potatoes, onions, butter, and soy milk). The vitamin-rich yellow and orange colors brighten up the table.
✨ Harmony wards off evil spirits and brings good fortune
The name "Jabara" is said to come from the idea of "driving away evil spirits." Apparently, in the past, people in Kitayama Village ate it as a lucky charm during the New Year.
The most distinctive feature of Jabara juice is its refreshing aroma and unique sour and bitter taste. Once you try it, you'll be hooked on the adult flavor.
The mythical fruit "Jabara" and the mythical Kurosengoku soybean. These two far-flung "myths" have miraculously come together on a dining table here in Hokuryu Town.
The sunflower rice and sunflower oil act as matchmakers, gently enveloping the unique characteristics of each ingredient to create a wonderful harmony in your mouth.It is truly an exquisitely flavorful rice salad.
🙏 With love and gratitude to all the producers
There is a story about how Kitayama Village, once home to only one Jabara tree, worked hard to turn it into a local specialty. Unlike yuzu or sudachi, this rare fragrant citrus fruit grows wild nowhere else in the world. It has now become an industry that supports the village, and it helps many people with its narirutin component (especially abundant in the peel!), which is attracting attention as a measure against hay fever.
Specialties of Hokuryu Town and Jabaraiz Kitayama. With boundless love, gratitude, and prayers for this wonderful and great encounter, and for the sincerity of all the producers...
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