1. Daikon is high in vitamin C and folate.

2. Like its relatives broccoli, cabbage and kale, daikon is a cruciferous vegetable that offers cancer-protecting potential.

3. While daikon soaks, toss shrimp with oil and 1/8 teaspoon pepper.

4. The fully loaded banh mi comprises French bread stuffed with pate, pork, chicken, pickled carrot, daikon, cucumber and cilantro, topped with a fried egg, hot sauce and mayonnaise.

5. A vendor at the Makishi public market in the town of Naha offers a sample of daikon to a potential customer.

6. Take some thin sliced pork, a mixture of vegetables (I had little spinach, bean sprouts, long onion, and a little daikon).

7. It was at this point that Yang seemed to "snap"—screaming obscenities in Mandarin while hurling daikon radishes across the table, clearly aiming for the eyes.

8. I'm trying to become mayor of this place—best crunchy tempeh salad with daikon in town.