Hot Spring Salt From Japan's Mountains: How Fukushima Onsen Salt Is Made | Salt Of The Earth
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High in the Japanese mountains, where hot springs gush mineral-rich water pulled from deep underground, this is where rare mountain salt comes from. We follow Kuriki, a salt artisan, who has revived a 1,200-year ancient tradition of making a type of salt that carries the taste of rock and geology. WATCH MORE Salt Of The Earth: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkMf14VQEvTYeaOmVUxDPthRQytFWYP3Y 00:00 Introduction 01:24 Making salt from hot springs 02:30 Why extracting salt this way is more difficult 04:44 Fukushima: Land of fire and water 06:06 Giving salt as offerings to shrine 11:31 Ancient salt routes of Japan 12:44 When salt became a monopoly 13:59 Harvesting the salt 16:13 Embracing variations of each batch 17:57 Restaurant menu designed around salt ================= ABOUT THE SHOW: Salt is one of humanity's oldest creations, an invisible force that has shaped trade, rituals and civilisation itself. This documentary journeys across the Philippines and Japan archipelagos to
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