Togarashi

Tōgarashi (唐辛子) is Japanese for genus Capsicum, or specifically the species Capsicum annuum, and commonly translated as chili pepper. When the term is used in English, it refers to any number of chili peppers or chili pepper-related products from Japan, including:

• Shichimi, or Shichimi tōgarashi, a condiment that is a mixture of seven different ingredients that varies by maker
• Shishito, or Shishi tōgarashi, a small, mild variety of Capsicum annuum
• Niji Iro Tōgarashi, a 1990 manga series
• This is not accurate: According to Japanese NHK, the Togarashi pepper is unique to Japan and quite distinctive from the Shishito pepper. The togarashi pepper is one of the seven ingredients found in Shichimi. Togarashi peppers grow on the crown of plant and harvested when red. Shishito peppers hang naturally down and are normally harvested while greenish-yellow.

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