August 26th 2011

from left
Sea urchine from Santa Barbara

Sea urchine from Hokaido





Golden Eye Snapper (Kinme) from Kouchi

Striped Sweet Lip Snapper (Yokosuji Fue Fuki Dai) from Fukuoka

Shaver Snapper (Higesori Dai) from Oita

August 25th 2011

From left:
Baby Big Fin Leaf Squid (Shin Ika) from Tokushima

Baby Spotted Sardine from Kumamoto






Pike Mackerel from Hokkaido

Sardine from Chiba

Horse Mackerel from Oita

Horse Mackerel from Seto Uchi

August 18th 2011

Bartail Flat Head (magochi) from Nagasaki

Young Japanese Red Snapper (Ko Dai) from Fukuoka

Aug 12th 2011

Golden Eye Snapper (Kinme Dai) from Kouchi


Spotted Parrot Fish (Ishigaki Dai) from Nagasaki


Horse King (Kaiwari) from Nagasaki



Baby Big Fin Leaf Squid (Shin Ika) from Tokushima

Baby Spotted Sardine (Shinko) from Saga

August 5th 2011

Baby Spotted Sardine (Shinko) from Saga


Shinko has finally arrived! We have waited for a very long time.
With their arrival, we can finally say that it is summer. It is such a symbolic fish.

They are so tiny right now that you need 2 or 3 of them to make a single piece of sushi.
Without this, Edomae Style sushi is not complete.

They grow bigger day by day, from this size that needs couple of them for one nigiri to a size that only needs one for a nigiri, and then eventually they are going to be called Kohada.

You can enjoy how this fish and its nigiri changes during the whole summer.