Japanese Pickles Quiz With Answers: Test Your Knowledge

A single umeboshi can be sour enough to make your face pucker, and this Japanese pickles quiz with answers explores tsukemono, the pickles served with almost every meal. Learn about Wakayama's plums, yellow takuan radish, Kyoto's shibazuke, rice bran nukazuke and the pink pickled ginger served with sushi.

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🎯 Daily Trivia Challenge • 🧠 10 Questions • ⏱️ 150 Seconds

Question 1 / 10 Time: 150s

Tsukemono
What does tsukemono mean?
Umeboshi
What are umeboshi?
Wakayama
Which prefecture is famous for umeboshi?
Takuan
What is takuan?
Nukazuke
What is nukazuke pickled in?
Shibazuke
Which city is famous for purple shibazuke?
Gari
What is gari?
Beni shoga
What is beni shoga?
Rakkyo
What is rakkyo?
Senmaizuke
What is Kyoto's senmaizuke made from?

Explanations: answer key for all 10 questions

Q1: What does tsukemono mean?
Answer: Pickled things
They accompany rice.
Q2: What are umeboshi?
Answer: Salted, pickled ume plums
They are very sour.
Q3: Which prefecture is famous for umeboshi?
Answer: Wakayama
Nanko ume is prized.
Q4: What is takuan?
Answer: Pickled daikon radish
It is often bright yellow.
Q5: What is nukazuke pickled in?
Answer: Fermented rice bran
The bran bed is stirred daily.
Q6: Which city is famous for purple shibazuke?
Answer: Kyoto
It uses shiso and eggplant.
Q7: What is gari?
Answer: Pickled ginger served with sushi
It cleanses the palate.
Q8: What is beni shoga?
Answer: Red pickled ginger
It tops yakisoba and gyudon.
Q9: What is rakkyo?
Answer: Pickled Japanese shallots
It is served with curry.
Q10: What is Kyoto's senmaizuke made from?
Answer: Thin slices of turnip
Its name means thousand slices.

Japanese Pickles Quiz – Pickles With Every Meal

Tsukemono, Japanese pickles, are served with almost every traditional meal to accompany rice and refresh the palate. They are made by salting, fermenting or soaking vegetables in brine, vinegar, soy sauce, miso, sake lees or rice bran.

Famous pickles include sour umeboshi plums from Wakayama, bright yellow takuan radish and nukazuke, made in a fermented rice bran bed stirred daily. Kyoto is known for purple shibazuke and senmaizuke turnip slices.

Pickled ginger comes in two main forms: pale gari served with sushi and red beni shoga that tops yakisoba. Rakkyo shallots accompany Japanese curry. Pickles add color, crunch and flavor while helping preserve seasonal vegetables.

What This Quiz Teaches

Food lovers and home cooks will enjoy these questions.

What tsukemono means
What umeboshi are
What takuan is
What nukazuke uses
Which pickles come with sushi

Did You Know?

Some umeboshi are aged for years.
Fukujinzuke is served with curry.
Kimchi is popular in Japan too.
Asazuke are quick pickles.
Tsukemono shops line Kyoto's Nishiki Market.