This is a course meal served only during July and August every year at a restaurant called Usami in Usuki city (Oita Prefecture, Japan). The ingredients are taken from all different parts of lotus plant. They slightly change the menu every year; these are from this year.

• Info website (in English): www.jpinfo.com/45605
• Restaurant website (in Japanese): www.sekibutsukankocenter.com/hasuryouri.html

Lotus and ginger tofu

Lotus sparkling with the lotus branch as straw

Corn soup and okra

Cold udon noodle

Deep fried vegetables

13 kind vegetable jelly

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Miso balls (You add boiling water to make instant yummy miso soup)

Lotus sticky rice and shrimp rice packed in lotus leaves

Sweet tofu with lotus seed and kiwi fruit

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