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title: Numazu's dried horse mackerel
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journey: https://karigurashijourney.com/en/episodes/numazu-sushi/
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# Numazu's dried horse mackerel

A little of each town’s story　/　Numazu, Shizuoka

Shizuoka produces more salted and dried horse mackerel than any other prefecture: 9,369 tons in 2021, or 42% of the national total, mainly from Numazu, Atami and Ito. Tables of dried fish with handwritten tags line the shopfronts at Numazu Port. I grilled the one I bought and ate it with my sushi.

## This moment in the journey: Making sushi with fish from the market

Time to make dinner. The dried horse mackerel went on the grill. And tonight, let's try making sushi with the fish I got at the local market.

I set a white plate in front of me and readied my hands. A slice of white fish with its skin still on went onto a ball of rice, then gently onto the plate. Here is your sushi. Next, tuna: Numazu is a great place to get good tuna at a reasonable price.

I wrapped rice in strips of nori and topped it with chopped tuna and green onion for negitoro gunkan. Raw whitebait, also a specialty of Numazu, went on as a warship roll too, spooned over the rice.

![Dried horse mackerel grilling on the rack](https://karigurashijourney.com/img/numazu-sushi/s76-1200.jpg)
- Sources: https://www.pref.shizuoka.jp/_res/projects/default_project/_page_/001/056/483/0711suisanshinkou.pdf
- Sources: https://numazukanko.jp/feature/numazukou-tanoshimikata/top
- Sources: https://www.mlit.go.jp/kankocho/cruise/jp/detail/096/index.html
- Sources: https://www.nippon.com/ja/guide-to-japan/gu900217/

Read this scene in the full journey: https://karigurashijourney.com/en/episodes/numazu-sushi/