You can often find dried persimmons year-round in bags of dried fruit. These can be nibbled on for a grab-and-go snack. For a ripe, fully softened Hachiya, Moon suggests cutting it in half ...

The traditional production of dried persimmons, or myotangaki, is now at its peak in Nanbu Town, Aomori Prefecture. Residents gather to peel astringent persimmons and hang them on strings.

Persimmons are popular in Taiwan where people travel hours to buy bags and boxes of the sweet dried fruit to take home ... figures from the Agriculture and Food Agency show. The land area used ...