Wasabi

(Left) A samegawa shark skin grater being used to grate wasabi into a paste; (right) horseradish. (© Pixta)

(Clockwise from top left) Grated wasabi, wakegi scallions, grated daikon radish, wasabi, soba tsuyu dipping sauce, zarusoba cold buckwheat noodles. (© Pixta)

Nigirizushi, which has wasabi between the neta topping and sushi rice. (© Pixta)

Unagi no dashi-chazuke (Eeel and soup stock over rice). (© Pixta)

The wasabi fields at Izu, Shizuoka, recognized as a World Agricultural Heritage Site. (© Pixta)

Wasabi paste from a tube. (© Pixta)

Wasabizuke. (© Pixta)

Wasabi soft serve ice cream. (© Pixta)