Seafood in season in Sep (3rd place Iwate)
Table of contents
1.Introduction
In Iwate Prefecture, the following six types of fish and shellfish are in season in September.
2.Fish
yellowtail, salmon, pacific saury.
3.Shellfish
abalone
4.Other seafood
Japanese flying squid, kelp
5.PRIDE FISH
“Iwate’s autumn salmon (salmon roe)” has been selected as the “PRIDE FISH” for autumn in Iwate Prefecture announced by Japan Fisheries Cooperatives.
Iwate Prefecture has the third largest amount of salmon landed in Japan, so when you visit Iwate Prefecture in September, which is the season for salmon, you must not forget to eat salmon. There are four places where the amount of landing is large: Kuji, Miyako, Kamaishi, and Ofunato. The season for “Iwate’s autumn salmon (salmon roe)” is September-January.
In addition, “Rikuzentakata’s Clinocardium californicus ( Ezoishikage shellfish )” has been selected as the summer “PRIDE FISH” in Iwate Prefecture. The season is from July to October, so you can eat deliciously in September as well. According to the “Pride Fish” site, it is the “phantom shellfish” that is cultivated in an industrial-level only in Hirota Bay, Rikuzentakata. It seems that it is a member of Fulvia mutica and is also called “Stone wall shellfish (Ishigaki shellfish) ” in the market.
The picture below is the stone wall shellfish sushi I ate in Tokyo in August, which was sweet and very delicious. When I go to Iwate during the season, I definitely want to eat the phantom Ezoishikage shellfish.
