The temperature has risen steadily, and spring has come all at once.

For fish, spring fish and shellfish are steadily arriving.

Usumebaru is called “Yanagi Hachime” in Ishikawa Prefecture.
It is also used and loved for celebrations.

It is said that the origin of the Japanese name for rockfish, which is characterized by its patchy eyes, comes from the fact that the big eyes are overhanging (mebari).

In Ishikawa Prefecture, the rockfish friends are called “Hachime”.
There are about 30 kinds of rockfish in the sea near Japan, but Usmebaru, which is called “Yanagibachime” in Ishikawa prefecture, is one of the most popular rockfish in the prefecture.

Herring and Sawara are known nationwide as spring fish, and Yanagi Hachime is one of them when it comes to spring fish in Ishikawa Prefecture.

Since the season comes in spring, when there are many celebrations, many people prefer the greasy season Yanagi Hachime to the sea bream, and the Yanagi Hachime around 20 cm is a delicious taste that you will never forget once you eat it.

It is easy to get rid of and has few small bones, so it is easy for children and the elderly to get close to.

The delicious white meat has an elegant taste and is not peculiar, and is cooked by a wide range of methods such as fried chicken, grilled salt, and pickled nanban.

Among them, the ones made by boiling bamboo shoots and wakame seaweed, which are in season with Yanagi Hachime, are excellent.

source：Pride fish nationwide

Ishikawa Prefecture [Spring] Ishikawa’s willow eight eyes

Season: from March to May

URL：いしかわの柳八目｜石川県｜全国のプライドフィッシュ｜プライドフィッシュ (pride-fish.jp)

Trainer in charge：Yuichiro Tabata