Saury is one of Japan’s most popular autumn delicacies. Of all the saury production districts in the country, Nemuro has recorded the best saury yields in Japan for the past 14 years.
We would like to introduce a variety of information on seasonal saury landed at Hanasaki Port in Japan Hokkaido’s easternmost city of Nemuro.
Introduction to Saury – Saury Trivia
Why are saury from Nemuro delicious?
Freshness is vital to saury. In mid-August and thereafter, when saury are landed in earnest, a major fishing ground is formed in the waters off Nemuro, Hokkaido.
The closest landing port to the fishing ground for saury is Hanasaki Port, Nemuro city, Hokkaido prefecture, Japan. Around this time of the year, fresh saury, caught the previous night, are landed at the port in the morning.
The saury caught at this time of the year are those which have begun a southward migration and accumulated a lot of fat and nutrients necessary for maintaining our health.
Efforts have been made on a daily basis to satisfy an ever-increasing demand among consumers for freshness and higher quality, such as the dissemination of techniques to effectively store and transport the fish after landing and techniques for shipboard packing to retain freshness.
Try Nemuro saury, highly prized for their freshness and just the right amount of fat.
Eat saury to help maintain your health
Saury oil contains eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), which are effective in preventing lifestyle-related diseases such as myocardial infarction and cerebral infarction.
Recently, it was revealed that DHA is concentrated in brain and nerve cells, and that it is effective for maintaining brain functions, such as memory, and slowing the aging process. There are also research reports that indicate EPA and DHA help control obesity and cancer.
Saury also contain many fat-soluble vitamins, such as Vitamins A, E and D, which are necessary for maintaining our health.
Sanma Nemuro has appeared in the Vietnamese market since 2011, has been affirming the brand names in the restaurant chain The Sushi Bar, Japan Akuruhi Shop supermarket, Lotte Mart Supermarket, AEON Supermarket in Ho Chi Minh City. In Hanoi, “Sanma Nemuro” is offered at supermarkets specializing in Japanese food distribution such as Unimart, Akuruhi Shop …
Recently, “Sanma Nemuro” has reached a large number of consumers in Hanoi market through distribution channels of 20 stores of Fivimart supermarket system.
