“Sansai/Wild Mountain Plants” are around the corner so I thought it might be a good idea to draw people’s attention back to them for easier reference! They also include wild fruit that can be eaten both as vegetables and fruit with various preparations.
Some can be boiled, others fried, prepared as tempura, cooked in soup, prepared as pickles or jam, etc.

As it would become far too big (already massive, but inexhaustive) a posting if I wrote everything, please pick up one item at a time if you want more explanations and I will write an individual article for your pleasure!

Here we go:
(No particular order)

AINU NEGI: ALIUM VICTORIALIS

AKEBI: CHOCOLATE VINE

AMADOKORO: POLYGONATUM ODORATUM

AZAMI: THISTLE

FUKINOTO: GIANT BUTTERBUR

HAMABOUFUU: GLEHNIA LITTORALIS

HANGONSOU: SENECIO CANNABIFOLIUS

HASUKAPPU: LONICERA CAERULEA/HASCUP

HIKAGEHEGO: FLYING SPIDER MONKEY TREE FERN

IRAKUSA: URTICA THUNBERGIANA

ITADORI: JAPANESE KNOTWEED

KATAKURI: DOGTOOTH VIOLET

KIBOUSHI: PLANTAIN LILY HOSTA FORTINEI ( a variety of Hosta Montana)

KOGOMI: OSTRICH FERN (exists as green and red)

KOSHIABURA : ASCATHOPANAX SCIADOPHYLLOIDES

KUKO: CHINESE WOLFBERRY

KUSAGI: HARLEQUIN GLORY BOWER PEANUT BUTTER SHRUB

MATATABI: SILVER VINE

MITSUBA: JAPANESE HONEYWORT

NIRINSOU: ANEMONE FLACCIDA

NOBIRU: ALIUM MACROSTEMON

OYAMABOKUCHI: SYNURUS PUNGENS

RYOUBU: CLERTHRA BARBINERVIS

SARUNASHI: ACTINIA ARGUTA

SERI: JAPANESE PARSLEY

SUBERIYU: COMMON PURSLANE

TAKENOKO: BAMBOO SHOOTS (SPROUTS)

TANPOPO: DANDELION

TARA NO ME: ARALIA ELATA

TSUKUSHI: HORSETAIL

TSUROGANENINJIN: ADENOPHORA TRIPHYLLA

UDO: ARALIA CORDATA

YAMAUDO: same as UDO (above)

URUI: HOSTA MONTANA

WARABI: PTERIDIUM AQUILINUM

YAMABUDO: CRIMSON GLORY VINE

YAMAWASABI: WILD HORSERADISH

ZENMAI: OSMUNDA JAPONICA

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Still have to find the English names for the following ones!

AIKO

AKAMIZU

AOMIZU

INUDOUNA

SHIDOKE

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