In order to purify themselves for feasts, members had to abstain from eating meat, garlic, green onions, ginger, leeks and onions.
The noodles are seasoned with chopped green onions, and garlic, sesame seeds, soy sauce, and a mixture of sesame seeds and salt.
In the last year, an effort has been made to regulate the prices of green onions, leeks, swedes, cucumbers, tomatoes, soft fruits, plums, cherries, apples, pears and rhubarb.
Supplies of salad crops are still very limited, but prices of tomatoes, cucumbers and green onions are already controlled.
There have been difficulties in marketing spring or green onions in some parts of the country and certain districts are faced with surplus supplies.
Prices of tomatoes, cucumbers, green onions and beetroot are already controlled.
The object of this provision is to prevent the wasteful use of bulb onion seed—supplies of which are limited—for growing green onions.
Toppings may be added to enhance flavour; "negi" (a type of green onion), salmon, roe, ginger, and "umeboshi" (pickled "ume" fruit) are among the most common.
