sakomoto. his family runs a snack shop. >> translator: my brother is obsessed with those egg plants, even when he's supposed to be working he slips out to water them. >> reporter: sakomoto and the other volunteers don't have any farming experience, but they're passionate about growing the egg plants in their own neighborhood. >> translator: we want, first of all, for locals to discover these vegetables, then we want our businesses to use them to create something new. that's what we're going for. >> reporter: these shop owners are taking the lead. they're experimenting with the eggplant to create new dishes. the vegetable has even inspired the neighborhood's new mascot. >> translator: tastes great. >> reporter: the interest in edo-tokyo vegetables isn't about harvesting and eating rare plants, it's about a community coming together to revive something that was once forgotten. rina nakano, nhk world, tokyo. >>> for an update on the weather forecast here's mai shoji. >>> a lot of disturbances. we