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Urui is a spring mountain vegetable (sansai). It is also commonly known as Hostas, Ginbo, or Oobagiboshi. Although it is a wild vegetable, most of the urui found in Japanese supermarkets are now grown in greenhouses. They have a long white stem and small, soft yellow-green leaves, which are all edible.

The vegetable has a simple taste similar to asparagus. Urui can be eaten raw in salads, boiled, stir-fried or made into tempura. Upon cooking, urui can take on a slimy texture.