Wasabi farmer Masahiro Hoshina, 72, looks at wasabi seeds to check their growth pace in his farm in Okutama town, Tokyo, Japan, May 30, 2022. Hoshina is the head of the local wasabi farmers association. "The combination of raw fish and spice, as in katsuo and wasabi, is an art, and we must maintain both," said Ukeda. "I never want to think about a future" without them, he added. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon