Japanese Persimmon

Japanese persimmon tastes the best in Fall. There are two kinds of persimmon. These are astringent persimmon and sweet persimmon. Astringent persimmon's shape is almost cone-shape. Sweet persimmon's shape is almost ball-shape. In Saizyou, there is a brand of persimmon.

We can eat sweet persimmon without processing, but we cannot eat astringent persimmon without processing. Astringent persimmon have tannin after it reach maturity so if you eat it without processing, you taste too bitter to eat. To eat it, you must peel and dry it under the eaves. Dried persimmon is not bitter but so sweet, and it become lasting a long time.

You should eat persimmon in fall. It is delicious.