To provide a container capable of preserving ginger or garlic without damaging its taste.

A laminate material of which synthetic resin film forming the body 2 of a tubular container 1 is made has a polyvinylidene chloride layer as an innermost layer. In addition, it is preferable that the inside of its head and the inside of a cap also have polyvinylidene chloride covering layers. On the other hand, in the case of a glass bottle whose container main body has a wide mouth, inside a lid which is screwed over the opening, a polyvinylidene chloride layers so stuck as to seal the opening hermetically is provided. Further, in the case of a baglike container formed out of a laminate film, the innermost layer of the laminate film is a polyvinylidene chloride layer.