高知県·海鮮
Muroto Whale Cuisine
As sashimi, as Tatsuta-age, or in simmered dishes. With its rich, deep flavor of the red meat and a unique texture—the whale cuisine passed down in Muroto is the very embodiment of this port town's long history. Muroto is considered the birthplace of Tosa whaling. It is said to have begun around 1624 (the first year of the Kan'e era) when a local headman established a whaling group after obtaining permission from the clan. Since then, whaling in Tosa Bay continued for over 300 years. In Kochi, there is also a custom of eating 'Kure no Nimono' (end-of-the-year simmered dish) containing whale meat during the New Year period; it is said that this carried the wish to 'become a big person' by emulating the large whales. While whaling itself has come to an end with the changing times, that food culture lives on today in whale specialty restaurants. It is a dish you must try when visiting Muroto.
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