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24th Octopus

One of the major projects of Yoshimoto, "A project to live in your town", to make Japan feel good from the area. Entertainer "Kaji Tsuyoshi" who lives in Kagawa reports on local products.

From summer to autumn octopus, winter to spring octopus ... Kagawa Prefecture has a lot of octopus fishing throughout the year,
At the time of rice planting, there is also a custom of eating octopus, which is called "half-summer octopus".
According to the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications' household survey, the past annual consumption of Takamatsu households is the second highest in Japan
(Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications Household Survey, comparison of prefectural capital locations and ordinance-designated cities).
Kaji assaults the culinary team in search of “Sanaki's Madako” in summer

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  Sanuki's octopus goes well with any dish ~

  Hearing that you can eat seasonal octopus dishes caught in Kagawa, Mr. Kaji came to “Hankuroya, a certified sanuki dining restaurant” in Marugame.
  The owner, Mr. Yamada, cooked a stunning large octopus swimming in the aquarium. The liveliness is so good that the cut legs can be rampaged with a board!
  When you peel the skin, a pure white body appears. Kaji-san can't take his eyes off the cleverness of this.

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  The body is sweet and sweet

  The dish that came out is a sashimi on the body, unglazed peeled skin and a sucker, and a dish where you can enjoy a variety of flavors as the legs are exhilarating. Immediately eating sashimi, "Wow! It's so sweet and so sweet!"
  The octopus in Setouchi eats blue crab and shrimp, so it's sweet.
  The owner, Yamada says, "It's delicious even if you fry it in olive oil with garlic." The appeal of the octopus is that it can be used for a variety of dishes, such as Kagawa's local cuisine "imo octopus" and "octopus rice", as well as Western and Chinese.

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  Report octopus fishing off Ogijima!

  Mr. Kaji who enjoyed octopus cuisine, then went off the coast of Ogijima. Board the "Tatsumi Maru" painted with octopus and dragon by Setouchi Triennale artist. Captain Kawahara is a fisherman using "octopus pots" for "octopus tsubo nawa fishing".
  "Octopus can be caught all year round, especially in summer." The octopus appears more and more from the points that are raised one after another. I sink about 1 octopus points at a time, but listen to "I remember it in the form of an island" where I sunk, and Kaji-san was surprised! "The sea man is different, as expected."

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  quick! powerful!

  After seeing the fisherman move the octopus from the key point to the fish cage, Kaji who wanted to try it immediately took on the challenge. But freshly caught octopus is incredibly fast and powerful! I struggled hard and managed to help.
  Octopus is rich in taurine and is effective in recovering from fatigue.
  "Eat the octopus and get tired." Mr. Kaji experienced the liveliness of octopus from Kagawa prefecture.

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Past reports

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  39th local fish

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  The second olive hamachi

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  2009 Winter

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  The 35th Ajiishi