Clearspring Organic Umeboshi are tangy, salt pickled ume plums that have long been a vital part of Japanese cuisine and folk medicine. Umeboshi are a concentrated food and only a small amount is needed. Clearspring Organic Umeboshi plums are produced on a small scale by the Sogawa family at Ryujin village in Wakayama, the best known ume fruit growing area in Japan. The Sogawa family are exceptionally skilled in using traditional methods which is why their organic plums are amongst the finest umeboshi products in Japan.