Sawayaka Walking in Mori-machi (6) - Sweet corn on the cob in farmers’ market

Visit to Koshoji Temple was so enjoyable that I almost forgot to write about what I did after leaving the temple. Before I went back to Hamamatsu, I only had to buy corn on the cob, one of the specialties of Mori-machi. From Koshoji Temple, it was just 1.3 km to the railway station. On my way there, I dropped in a farmers’ market JA Mori-no-Ichi. Like other shops and stalls, corn on the cob was sold as a set of 5 ears of corn, categorized as Class A and Class B. I bought one set of Class A, expecting a good quality.

I was very satisfied when I arrived at Enshu-Morimachi Station of Tenhama Line, the goal of Sawayaka Walking. I got a stamp on my card from a staff member of the walk. As it was the fourth station from the starting point Totoumi-Ichinomiya Station, the return ticket was a little more expensive than the one to come to Mori-machi. Like Totoumi-Ichinomiya Station, this station was small but looked newer.

As there is only one train an hour, the platform was already crowded with people when I got there. The train had only one car, but all of us managed to come inside. To my surprise, many of them seemed to be local people because they got off the train at Totoumi-Ichinomiya Station. Then, I could have a seat. On my way back to Hamamatsu, I was thinking that it was a pity that public transportation to Mori-machi is inconvenient, and sightseeing spots there didn’t seem to be known to tourists from foreign countries.

If you are interested in the life of people in Mori-machi and their traditional food, I recommend searching with “kippeikun” in YouTube. It’s a series of short videos about a little boy who ran some errands with his sister. At the beginning of the first video, they get some dried fish from their grandfather in a port town, but you’ll also see some vegan food in the local mountain area. The videos are from a popular TV show “My First Errand”, and you can enjoy them even if you don’t understand Japanese, I guess.

The corn on the cob I bought is called “Kankanmusume” that literally means a sweet sweet girl. It was so sweet that you can eat it as it is without boiling. After taking this picture, I bit into the raw corn immediately.

It was sweet and juicy as I expected! Perhaps this is the best way to eat this kind of corn on the cob. But I had to keep the rest of them in the freezer, wondering how I could use them for cooking.