Those special red new year carrots

Ken Yasumoto-Nicolson

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Dec 17, 2003, 12:16:44 AM12/17/03

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What's the name for them again? Also does anyone know of a web site
describing in English what they're supposed to symbolise? Google
doesn't turn up anything useful.

TIA!

Ken

Dave Fossett

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Dec 17, 2003, 4:32:55 AM12/17/03

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Ken Yasumoto-Nicolson wrote:

Eh? Carrots? I've been to Japan twice now, but I don't recall seeing
anything like this.
Any chance of a link to a pic on the web?

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Saitama, Japan

Declan Murphy

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Dec 17, 2003, 6:47:10 AM12/17/03

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Perhaps Ken's thinking of 赤カブ？？？
http://allabout.co.jp/gourmet/cookingabc/closeup/CU20031117a/

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Louise Bremner

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Dec 17, 2003, 8:46:19 AM12/17/03

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Declan Murphy <declan...@hotmail.com> wrote:

> Dave Fossett wrote:
> > Ken Yasumoto-Nicolson wrote:
> >
> >>What's the name for them again? Also does anyone know of a web site
> >>describing in English what they're supposed to symbolise? Google
> >>doesn't turn up anything useful.
> >
> > Eh? Carrots? I've been to Japan twice now, but I don't recall seeing
> > anything like this.
> > Any chance of a link to a pic on the web?
>
> Perhaps Ken's thinking of 赤カブ？？？
> http://allabout.co.jp/gourmet/cookingabc/closeup/CU20031117a/

Nope--I assume he means Kyou-ninjin:
<http://www.santacross.com/shun-116.html>
<http://www.rakuten.co.jp/kawamasa/414100/425769/>

But I wasn't aware of any particular special significance of them at New
Year (except that maybe they make a nice red-and-white contrast with
daikon?). Can't find anything relevant in English, neither....

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Declan Murphy

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Dec 17, 2003, 9:01:20 AM12/17/03

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Louise Bremner wrote:
> Declan Murphy <declan...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Dave Fossett wrote:
>>
>>>Ken Yasumoto-Nicolson wrote:
>>>
>>>>What's the name for them again? Also does anyone know of a web site
>>>>describing in English what they're supposed to symbolise? Google
>>>>doesn't turn up anything useful.
>>>
>>>Eh? Carrots? I've been to Japan twice now, but I don't recall seeing
>>>anything like this.
>>>Any chance of a link to a pic on the web?
>>
>>Perhaps Ken's thinking of 赤カブ？？？
>>http://allabout.co.jp/gourmet/cookingabc/closeup/CU20031117a/
>
> Nope--I assume he means Kyou-ninjin:
> <http://www.santacross.com/shun-116.html>
> <http://www.rakuten.co.jp/kawamasa/414100/425769/>

Perhaps. Those photos look familiar Ken? I thought about the 金時にんじ
ん thingees too from googling, but the akakabu thingees seemed more
kansai-ish.

Ken Yasumoto-Nicolson

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Dec 17, 2003, 10:01:50 AM12/17/03

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On Wed, 17 Dec 2003 20:47:10 +0900, Declan Murphy
<declan...@hotmail.com> wrote:

>Dave Fossett wrote:
>> Ken Yasumoto-Nicolson wrote:
>>
>>>What's the name for them again? Also does anyone know of a web site
>>>describing in English what they're supposed to symbolise? Google
>>>doesn't turn up anything useful.
>>
>> Eh? Carrots? I've been to Japan twice now, but I don't recall seeing
>> anything like this.
>> Any chance of a link to a pic on the web?
>
>Perhaps Ken's thinking of 赤カブ？？？
>http://allabout.co.jp/gourmet/cookingabc/closeup/CU20031117a/

I asked the wife, and it was Kintoki Carrots I was thinking of:

http://www.pref.kagawa.jp/eizo/vol003/en/toku3/konsai/01.htm

They seem to be a Kansai thing, used instead of Sweet Potato in Kanto,
so says the BYJW. I still haven't found what they symbolise, however.

Ken

Dave Fossett

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Dec 18, 2003, 3:53:42 AM12/18/03

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Ken Yasumoto-Nicolson wrote:

> I asked the wife, and it was Kintoki Carrots I was thinking of:
> http://www.pref.kagawa.jp/eizo/vol003/en/toku3/konsai/01.htm

Naruhodo.