Fuku(blowfish)
Production location
Coastal areas of Yamaguchi prefecture
Producers (group name)
Yamaguchi Prefecture Fishermen's Cooperative Association
Product features
Fuku is the prized fish of Yamaguchi prefecture and is designated as the prefectural fish. Fuku is actually fugu (blowfish) but we call it Fuku, named after happiness that is koufuku in Japanese. Fuku is poisonous and people were not permitted to eat Fuku for a long time. However, Hirofumi Ito, who was born in Yamaguchi prefecture and the first Prime Minister of Japan, liked Fuku very much when he ate it at a restaurant in Shimonoseki. He lifted the ban on eating Fuku. The more Fuku is chewed, the wider the deliciousness spreads. You can be fully satisfied with Fuku dishes such as beautiful sashimi by which you can really enjoy the technique of using a Japanese kitchen knife, fugu-chiri (a kind of Japanese style food cooked in a pot at the table), fried fugu, sake with grilled fugu fins, whose flavor makes you feel wonderful, fugu milt tempura and more, which lead you to luxurious moments. In addition to these dishes, processed Fuku such as one night dried fugu, fugu on rice with green tea and grilled fugu please Fuku lovers.
In Yamaguchi prefecture, purple puffer and white chestnut puffer as well as globefish can be caught.
Introduction of Origin
Sea of Japan side of the Yamaguchi Prefecture, Seto Inland Sea side are both many fishing, fishing method called "longline" is originated is Sukumojima south City Zhou Yamaguchi Prefecture.
Since the live tiger puffer was caught in the longline is the highest grade, so that the blowfish with each other is not Awa hurt in the tooth, soon picked up, folding the teeth with pliers, and the air vent, put it in Ikema of the ship, taking advantage of the Mom is landed.
In addition, there is a fugu professional market to deal with many of the country of fugu in Shimonoseki Hikojima "Haedomari market".
On Shimonoseki is close to good fishing grounds, to the Haedomari market fugu specialized function to the processing from the distribution is integrated, also larger intermediate wholesalers with an advanced technique to quickly and safely "lacks only" in the city from it, blowfish come together from all over the country.
The main water unloading ports is Shimonoseki, Hagi, Shunan.