Japanese Cuisine - Seafood

Hokkaido
Simmered shishamono
Hokkaido Seafood

Simmered shishamono

“Shishamono sweet boiled” is a local dish made using shishamo, one of Hokkaido's leading fish. The cooking method of shishamo has a wide range of local dishes such as' Shishamon...

Hokkaido
Luibbe
Hokkaido Seafood

Luibbe

“Ruibe” is a local dish that fish such as salmon and trout are frozen and then eaten with sashimi without thawing. It features a frozen texture when you put it in your mouth and...

Hokkaido
Ikameshi
Hokkaido Seafood

Ikameshi

Famous local dishes from Hakodate and Oshima regions. It is said that “ikameshi” was invented as an ekiben of Mori Station on the Hakodate Main Line, as rice shortages in food c...

Yamagata
Boiled carp
Yamagata Seafood

Boiled carp

It is the representative dish of Yonezawa's carp dish. It is a local dish made with carp cut into rings and boiled in sugar, soy sauce, and liquor. Carp boiled so soft that it ...

Aomori
Shimokita miso shellfish grilled
Aomori Seafood

Shimokita miso shellfish grilled

It is said that the beginning of miso shellfish grilling in the Shimokita Peninsula was a simple thing in the Edo period when fishermen in Mutsu Bay used scallops as a substitut...

Gifu
Salt-grilled sweetfish
Gifu Seafood

Salt-grilled sweetfish

In Gifu Prefecture, where many mountains are towering, there are clear streams throughout the country, and it is one of the best sweetfish in Japan. The eating season is differe...

Tokushima
hamo
Tokushima Seafood

hamo

Tokushima Prefecture's “hamo” is one of the nation's top catches. It has an elegant sweetness and umami that doesn't suit a ferocious face. It is representative of the taste of...

Fukui
Wakasa Guji
Fukui Seafood

Wakasa Guji

Wakasa (Fukui Prefecture) was once called the “Food Country)” as a country where food was allowed to be served to the emperor. Amadai caught in Wakasa Bay, a treasure trove of ...

Toyama
Firefly squid dishes
Toyama Seafood

Firefly squid dishes

Firefly squid live in deep water, but around March they gather along the Toyama Bay coast to lay eggs, and they are landed only for a fixed period of time each year. Firefly sq...

Toyama
White shrimp bowl
Toyama Seafood

White shrimp bowl

Toyama's representative seafood, white shrimp, is designated as “Toyama Prefecture's fish” along with firefly squid and yellowtail. The meat is sweet and has a texture that mel...

Fukui
Five-colored shellfish
Fukui Seafood

Five-colored shellfish

It is a “cypress scallop (cypress scallop)” with vivid colors such as yellow, orange, purple, brown, and red. The name comes from the fact that it resembles an aristocrat fan f...

Fukui
Wakasa Garei
Fukui Seafood

Wakasa Garei

Dried willow sparrows caught in Wakasa Bay are called “Wakasa flounder.” Warm and cold currents intersect off the coast of Wakasa Bay, and abundant food flows in, making it a p...