Japan’s Bamboo Forests, Abandoned and Overgrown, Get Nibbled Down to Size
- Posted on September 8, 2025
- By The Japan News
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Japan’s Bamboo Forests, Abandoned and Overgrown, Get Nibbled Down to Size
TOYAMA — With many bamboo forests across the country having been abandoned and grown unruly, some groups are attempting to manage them by harvesting the young bamboo shoots. These shoots are then being fermented and made into menma, a common topping for ramen.
