Pitting umeboshi?

[HenriettaMaria]

Hi, everyone!

How can I easily pit umeboshi? My olive pitter won't do it because the umeboshi pits are too big (and it's a lousy olive pitter).

Thanks.
H.

 

[Pachipro]

Google is your best friend in this case. One query using "+pitting umeboshi" brought up this blog as the first one. To quote from the blog:

Start by carefully pitting the umeboshi, taking care to pierce only one side; I suppose an olive or cherry pitter might work on some types of umeboshi. Medium-firm umeboshi probably work best; mine were already incredibly soft and I ruined a few while stuffing them.

I did the pitting by hand; I could feel the sharp side of the pit through the skin of the umeboshi, and squeezed the pit out through that pointy side.

According to the quote, an olive or cherry pitter will work best. However, there must be one available in Japan.