Tempura-style Squid Tentacles

Here is the tentacles served up tempura after we ate the sashimi portion of it.

Eaing Live Yobuko Squid

Yobuko squid is famous from Saga. We found it on the menu in a restaurant in Fukuoka. It is served while the tentacles are still moving. Great texture and a rich flavor. We enjoyed it with some wasabi and soy sauce.

If you touched the skin, you could see the color change. There was a fluorescent blue and green color that reminded me of the Northern Lights.

We had this at "Waza Waza" in Fukuoka. (Hakata-ku, Hakata Eki Higashi 2-1-27)

http://wazafood.jp/

Fukuoka's Himono Fish

In the Fukuoka station building there was a small seafood market with a beautiful display of himono, or fish that was cut open, salted and air-dried. This colorful display included tachiuo (cutlassfish), tai (seabream) and more.

Fisherman's Wharf at Himi Port in Toyama

A few images from The Fisherman's Wharf at Himi Port in Toyama. This is a small market on the pier at Himi Port. It is just a few minutes from the Himi Fish Market.

Breakfast at Himi Fish Market

Our honeymoon coincided with the harvest of kanburi in the Sea of Japan. Our breakfast this morning, in the cafeteria at the market on the second floor, was "shioyaki" or salt grilled kanburi, and a sashimi platter of both kanburi and sawara.

Kanburi in Himi Port of Toyama

Shinji-san wanted to see the Himi Port of Toyama famous for its kanburi, or winter buri. The market is small, the photo above shows half of the market. The top two photos are kanburi. We went to the cafeteria on the 2nd floor and had kanburi for breakfast following the morning auction.

Nomura Soba in Shirakawago

We stopped by the lovely village Shirakawago in Gifu, famous for its thatched roof homes. This restaurant, Nomura soba, came recommended by a local. The noodles are made fresh each day.