Japanese culture has continually been enriched by the foods naturally available from its forests, fields, and seas, skillfully prepared, and tastefully served as part of ordinary daily life. Bamboo shoots 13. Contains abundant diastase, an aid to digestion 19. Hot pot combining fish and vegetables in season warms you to the core Amazing Workings of Nature Produce in season not only tastes its best but offers optimal nutritional value. Vegetables and fruit, for example, contain plentiful vitamins and minerals.
Spinach is a good example.
Spinach is a winter vegetable that grows best in cold weather. A comparison of spinach grown by artificial means in the summertime with that grown naturally in the fields in winter shows that the latter is twice as high in vitamin content. The season for fish is just before spawing season when their flesh is rich in fat and protein. Shun refers to the season when the life force of plants and fish is at its height. With cell division occurring at a rapid pace, the enzymes in their tissue are at their most active.