2014年3月12日水曜日

桜鱒/Sakura Masu Trout

Samura Masu 桜鱒 = Cherry trout/Salmon

It is named after cherry blossom (SAKURA) as its season is only Spring. Its meat has beautiful orange color and very lean. This fish has very interesting life style.



Cherry Salmon in native habitat is unique salmon whose majority of sea-run are female who go down to ocean in spring time. Almost all male stay in rivers in yamame-status (Land lock type) waiting for returning female in spring for mating. This makes cherry salmon difficult to adopt in today’s Japanese environment. Hokkaido Island prohibits fishing for cherry salmon in rivers all year and make off season for yamame to protect female born to be sea run.
When this fish appears in fish market, that's sign of Spring


Sakura masu is only available for next few weeks, please come in and try one of the best red meat sashimi and compare with the salmon which you usually taste.








KANPAI!

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