Dec 04 (ONLY in JAPAN) - Japan has hundreds of mushroom varieties, most edible and when I came here 20 years ago, I had never seen so many in the supermarket, it was mind boggling! What are they? How do you eat them?
Yamagata is famous for it's wild mushrooms and excellent climate and water to grow them. Ikue Sato, a mushroom expert takes us into the forests to hunt for them then we visit a mushroom farm and restaurant to learn and eat some of Japan's best.