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PM Kishida shows off dish of tiger puffer fish sashimi

PM Kishida shows off dish of tiger puffer fish sashimi

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (C) shows off a large dish of sashimi made from naturally bred tiger puffer fish at his office in Tokyo on Feb. 21, 2024, during a courtesy call from a Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture-based group dealing in the delicacy.

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Japan PM Kishida tastes tiger puffer fish

Japan PM Kishida tastes tiger puffer fish

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida (L) tastes sashimi made from naturally bred tiger puffer fish at his office in Tokyo on Feb. 21, 2024, along with Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshimasa Hayashi, during a courtesy call from a Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture-based group dealing in the delicacy.

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THE FLAVOR OF JAPAN

THE FLAVOR OF JAPAN,soy sauce, soy sauce jug, factory, soy sauce production, Kikkoman, sushi, food, food culture, Japanese food, dining, family, izakaya, sashimi, rice cracker, dumpling, cooking, yakisoba, sukiyaki=Date:1994, Place:Tokyo,JAPAN

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Sashimi bowl to support disaster-hit fishermen

Sashimi bowl to support disaster-hit fishermen

SENDAI, Japan - A chef at sushi restaurant Fukizushi in Sendai, northeastern Japan, shows in this undated photo a bowl of "Sendai Zukedon" with locally grown rice topped with marinated sashimi slices from fish caught in the region. Sushi shops in Miyagi Prefecture are stepping up efforts to promote the dish in support of local fishermen affected by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami disaster.

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Abe shows off dish of blowfish sashimi

Abe shows off dish of blowfish sashimi

TOKYO, Japan - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shows off a large dish of sashimi made from naturally bred "torafugu" blowfish at his office in Tokyo on Feb. 25, 2014. The dish was presented to him by a group of blowfish wholesalers from Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan. Abe is a House of Representatives member representing a constituency in the prefecture.

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Miyazaki Pref. eyes 10 bil. yen beluga market

Miyazaki Pref. eyes 10 bil. yen beluga market

KOBAYASHI, Japan - The Miyazaki prefectural government hopes cultured beluga will develop into a 10 billion yen ($97 million) market for products such as sashimi, eaten in a citrus-based sauce, as well as caviar.

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Japanese cuisine reception in Berlin

Japanese cuisine reception in Berlin

BERLIN, Germany - Sashimi is served at an "Omotenashi" (hospitality) Japanese cuisine reception in Berlin on Jan. 17, 2014.

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Japanese chef in Britain

Japanese chef in Britain

LONDON, Britain - Yoshinori Ishii from Japan, head chef at UMU in London, arranges sashimi on a plate at the restaurant in the summer of 2012. (Photo by Tsuyoshi Ueda)

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New millennium's 1st globefish auction held in Shimonoseki

New millennium's 1st globefish auction held in Shimonoseki

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - Fish brokers stick their hands in a cloth bag, a traditional method of bidding on torafugu globefish, at the year's first auction of the fish at the Haedomari fish market in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on Jan. 4. Market officials said the globefish, a kind of puffer fish often served as sashimi, in hot pots and fried, is selling for 23,000 yen per kilogram, down 5,000 yen from a year ago.

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Largest bluefin tuna of 2021 at western Japan port

Largest bluefin tuna of 2021 at western Japan port

Photo taken March 30, 2021, shows a 340-kilogram, 2.5-meter-long bluefin tuna, which was landed earlier in the day in Nachikatsuura in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan. The tuna, the largest of the year at the town's wholesale market, is estimated to provide sashimi dishes for 1,700 people.

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Largest bluefin tuna of 2021 at western Japan port

Largest bluefin tuna of 2021 at western Japan port

Photo taken March 30, 2021, shows a 340-kilogram, 2.5-meter-long bluefin tuna, which was landed earlier in the day in Nachikatsuura in Wakayama Prefecture, western Japan. The tuna, the largest of the year at the town's wholesale market, is estimated to provide sashimi dishes for 1,700 people.

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Men drinking

Men drinking

Craftsmen are drinking sake with a dish of sashimi. The bamboo leaves may be there for the anti-bacterial effect. The slices of fish are being wrapped in the bamboo leaves.==Date:unknown, Place:unknown, Photo:unknown, (Credit:Nagasaki University Library/Kyodo News Images) [Cabinet Number64‐11‐0]

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Kaiseki cuisine

Kaiseki cuisine

Kaiseki cuisine, kaiseki cuisine, Japanese cuisine, sashimi, mozuku, Japanese dish, Tempura, Sushi, Fish, Beef, sushi, tomato, food, gourmet, Japan

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Sashimi

Sashimi

File photo taken on Dec. 31, 2019, shows a dish of tuna "sashimi," or sliced raw tuna. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Kindai University's farmed tuna

Kindai University's farmed tuna

Photo taken in Tokyo on July 23, 2019, shows some tuna sashimi from fish that Kindai University in Osaka farmed and fed on an artificial diet. Kindai University has pioneered the farming of bluefin tuna, which is known as "Kindai Tuna". (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japan PM Abe

Japan PM Abe

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe tastes sea bream sashimi at his office in Tokyo on Dec. 20, 2018, as he receives a courtesy call from a tourism ambassador of Awaji Island in western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tuna festival in Japan

Tuna festival in Japan

A staffer processes tuna into sashimi during a tuna festival in Sakaiminato, Tottori Prefecture, Japan, on June 17, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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New millennium's 1st globefish auction held in Shimonoseki

New millennium's 1st globefish auction held in Shimonoseki

SHIMONOSEKI, Japan - Fish brokers stick their hands in a cloth bag, a traditional method of bidding on torafugu globefish, at the year's first auction of the fish at the Haedomari fish market in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on Jan. 4. Market officials said the globefish, a kind of puffer fish often served as sashimi, in hot pots and fried, is selling for 23,000 yen per kilogram, down 5,000 yen from a year ago.

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