Before coming to Japan, I had no idea what a persimmon was. Now, it’s my favorite fruit, and favorite tree. We’ve eaten persimmons almost every night in salads this November, now that the fruit is ripe. Because we have a tree in our yard, I’ve tried different persimmon recipes. I recently made persimmon pudding, which tastes a lot like zucchini bread. Click here for some recipes.
The persimmon, in all its fall glory:
The Takameter 
[…] with fall, they would most likely say one of three foods: persimmon (my personal favorite – blog here); chestnuts (my least favorite, but growing on me); or sweet potatoes. She was quite proud of her […]