What is "chinmi"

is a Japanese term meaning literally "rare taste", but more appropriately " delicacy". They are local cuisines that have fallen out of popularity or those cuisines that are peculiar to a certain area. Many involved pickled seafood. The three best known chinmi of Japan are salt-pickled sea urchin roe (uni), salt-pickled mullet roe ( karasumi) and pickled sea cucumber innards ( konowata).