Nozawana
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, '''Brassica rapa var. hakabura', is a Japanese leaf vegetable, a cultivated variety of Brassica rapa'' in the brassica family. It is a biennial plant often pickled that has been cultivated in the Shin'etsu region, centered around the village of Nozawaonsen, Shimotakai District, Nagano Prefecture. It is of the same species as the common turnip and one of a number of Japanese varieties of leaf mustard.
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, '''Brassica rapa var. hakabura', is a Japanese leaf vegetable, a cultivated variety of Brassica rapa'' in the brassica family. It is a biennial plant often pickled that has been cultivated in the Shin'etsu region, centered around the village of Nozawaonsen, Shimotakai District, Nagano Prefecture. It is of the same species as the common turnip and one of a number of Japanese varieties of leaf mustard.
Also known as , it is counted as one of Japan's three major pickled vegetables, along with and . After World War II, it grew nationwide, from Hokkaido to Kumamoto.
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