SUSHI KATSURADA

Common scallop (Hotate)

【Nigiri sushi: Kai】
Hotate is a Japanese word that means scallop. Hotate lives in the sandy floors of shallow sea waters and prefers regions with water temperatures from 5 to 19℃, which means they are found from the Sanriku coast northward.

The adductor muscles of scallops are used as sushi ingredients. They are broadly characterized as ear-stringed cultured scallops from Funka Bay and Mutsu Bay, and natural scallops from the Okhotsk coast. The natural scallops caught in the cold northern sea have a strong sweetness and tender flesh. In summer its flesh becomes even thicker and sweeter.