Nikko Chili Pepper Seeds - 50 Seeds

This is our 5th year! Shipping from my hometown, Nikko City!
Germination test completed in early March 2026.

Nikko chili peppers are a type of chili pepper that has been cultivated for a long time in and around Nikko City, Tochigi Prefecture. They are characterized by their slender, wrinkled fruits measuring 10-14 cm.
They are produced as a local specialty of the Nikko City area. They are not very spicy and are easy to grow, making them popular with locals.
A pickle made by wrapping green Nikko chili peppers in their own leaves is famous as a souvenir item near the World Heritage Site of Nikko's Shrines and Temples.
Locals harvest the green chili peppers, chop them finely, put them in jars, and pickle them in soy sauce to use as a condiment. They are recommended as a condiment for cold tofu and somen noodles. The soy sauce infused with the chili's flavor is delicious with sashimi, offering a refreshing spiciness. Red chili peppers can be stored for a long time if dried in a well-ventilated area.
The spiciness of the fruit is low when green and increases as it ripens to red.
Nikko chili peppers are an easy-to-grow variety, but the timing for sowing seeds differs between cold and warm regions.
We recommend sowing seeds around the time the cherry blossoms fall when the temperature is sufficiently high, or sowing them in a greenhouse.

We keep tropical tortoises at home, and the inside of their glass enclosure is always above 20°C. This is the perfect temperature for germination, so we test germination every spring around the equinox, borrowing a corner of the enclosure.
The last photo was taken on April 13th (Monday). They've grown quite a bit!

I grow them in my home garden every year.
I harvested them last fall and got a lot of seeds, so I'd like to share them with you.
I hope that Nikko chili peppers, a regional specialty, will become known throughout Japan on Mercari!

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