Sometime later, while staying on the island of Okinawa in Japan’s Ryūkyū archipelago, she was reminded again of these plankton while eating translucent umibudo (sea grapes), imagining them as small, ...

In Japan that means unique ingredients like junsai (watershield, a type of water plant), sea vegetables including hijiki and umibudo (sea grapes), and a colorful variety of seafood including uni ...