Too bad. well, let me tell you, compared to fresh homemade umeboshi, the ones we ate we nothing, really NOTHING. O_O; Japanese people LOVE to experiment on foreigners. "Ohohoho~ Purizu torai dis, veri gud, japan fod, yes!" O_O; Don't let them fool you! Ahaha~ My mouth went through all the flavours, some of them I would prefer not to know.. ^_^;;; Umeboshi are so tasty~ *_*