Product Summary (Registration No.34)

Registration No.34 すんき

Registered name (Transcription) : すんき（Sunki）
Reference information : Pickles of Red Turnip Leaves

Category of product

Class 17: Processed Vegetables (Pickled Vegetables)

Production Area

Area of former Kiso District (Kiso Town, Agematsu Town, Nagiso Town, Kiso Village, Otaki Village, Okuwa Village in Kiso District, and a part of Shiojiri City), Nagano Prefecture

Registered Group

Sunki Brand Promotion Association

Characteristics

Sunki is a pickle using leaves and stems of Kiso’s heirloom red turnips. It has tortoise shell color and has distinctive sourness. Sunki is lactic fermented product without using any salt. It is therefore very rare preserved food.

Link with the Production Area

Sunki has been produced for more than 300 years in the Kiso area. The high altitude and severe cold climate of the area is suitable for red turnip production. The method of not using salt was developed in old times when salt was very valuable in the mountainous area of Kiso during winter.