Sushi - Japanese Food Recipes

Sushi Photo

Hon-maguro Sushi/Bluefin Tuna Sushi

Sushi Taste

Reddish fish meat has a delicious taste.
Tuna taste is different in part.
Toro has a lot of fat.
Akami has a refreshing flavor.

Sushi Price

Bluefin tuna nigiri sushi is very expensive.

Sushi
Best Season

Best season is winter.

Sushi Cuisine

Nigiri sushi

You would not eat the sushi of hon-maguro in Japanese sushi restaurants.
Because, hon-maguro sushi in Japan is rare and expensive.

Fish Name

Aibacore/Bluefin tuna/Pacific bluefin tuna/Hon-
maguro/Kuro-maguro

Fish Photo

Fish Size

Bluefin tuna will grow to about 120 inches.

Fish Information

Bluefin tuna is distributed in tropical and temperate waters of the Pacific Ocean.
Bluefin tuna is a large fish.

Toro is the finest site of large bluefin tuna.
It is only with the southern bluefin tuna and bluefin tuna.

<Choice of bluefin tuna>
Eye tuna is clear.
Tuna red gills.

Bluefin tuna value is different in some of the fat.
Parts of the tuna are distinguished Akami O-toro and Chu-toro.
And the higher the value tuna contains a lot of fat.

Red is the part that caught a lot.
It has a sour taste and flavor.
Chu-toro has the flavor and sweetness.
O-toro has fat and rich .

Fish Price

Bluefin tuna is very expensive.

Tuna Dishes
in Japan

Bluefin tuna nigiri sushi,
Bluefin tuna sashimi