Traditional vegetables are imbued with the essence of the local soil and climate "Among the variety of vegetables that have come down as part of the food culture of the Okitama Region are: -okame sasagi and uma-no kamishime beans, beni soybeans, Onogawa bean sprouts; -hanatsukuri and susayama daikon; -Kubota, usukawa maru and yatsufusa eggplant; -kozuku and Utsuzawa kabocha squash; -kurofuji cucumbers, Toyama turnips; and -other various vegetables such as natsugari fuki, okahijiki (Salsola komarovii), ukogi (Eleutherococcus), Onogawa asatsuki and yukina."