Hold it right there! We, the meal-eater squad, have the biggest catch of the day!Look, right here. Squeak, squeak.A big bamboo shoot...They get hard and bitter as they grow bigger, so this really is the only time you can get this taste!...is poking its head out over there.Oh, dammit...Whoa, she's right! It's filled with bamboo shoots under here!I don't see the difference between here and any other ground...Hibernating Insects Open the Door Sugomori Mushi To wo Hiraku, one of the "72 climates" of the solar year, This one corresponds to about Mar. 5-Mar. 9, equating the onset of spring with hibernating insects beginning to emerge.Oh! Look!DunnnnFilling our stomachs and our dreams! We'll even let you have a whiff!Mmm! If you told me I'd be having fresh-picked bamboo shoot sashimi...!Guess bigger isn't better for them.The soup's great too.
