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Makurazaki City, Kagoshima Prefecture

Makurazaki City, a major producer of bonito flakes

Dashi-Professional Academy's new project "National Local Dashi Tour". Each region has its own unique food culture, and each region has its own unique dashi culture. Therefore, in this project, we will take up one area each time and introduce the local soup stock. We will also make it possible for you to purchase the products introduced here.

Well, the first time is Makurazaki City, Kagoshima Prefecture. Speaking of Makurazaki, it is very famous as Japan's largest production area of dried bonito. When you enter the town, the whole town is wrapped in the good smell of smoked bonito.

In Japan, Makurazaki City, Ibusuki City in Kagoshima Prefecture, and Yaizu City in Shizuoka Prefecture are famous for dried bonito. For Japanese people, “Katsuo dashi” is too major. The goodness of dried bonito is its taste and aroma.

Good quality fish meat is boiled and then smoked to create a fragrant aroma. Then, some of the bonito flakes are mold-cured and aged to decompose the fat content and become hon-karebushi, which has a richer aroma and more condensed umami.

Hon-karebushi is a high-class product, so it is a little difficult to use on a daily basis.

However, it is Hon-karebushi that you should try at least once.

This time, we have prepared a special assortment set for Dashi Professional Academy.

愛知以外の地域では珍しいだし素材『ムロアジ節』。ムロアジ節単一のだしはあまり使われることはなく、サバ節や宗田かつお節の混合だしとして使われることが一般的です。

この地方でムロアジ節が使われる理由としては、かつお節よりは価格が抑えらたことや愛知県三河地方のたまり醤油との相性が良いからと、かつては言われていました。しかし、現在は原料のムロアジの漁獲量が減り、価格も上昇しているため、価格という側面は薄れているようです。

ムロアジ節単体の場合は、酸味も少なくマイルドで、アジの塩焼きを食べ終えた後味のような余韻があります。薄い味の印象もあり、他の節と混合すると、その個性は分かりにくくなりますが、ムロアジ節だしが入ると入らないでは、味わいが異なります。奥深いけれど、全体としては優しい味わいになります。酸味のあるだしが苦手な方には、このムロアジ節入り混合だしがオススメです。

``Chabushi'' that soaks into your tired body

“Chabushi” is a famous way of eating dried bonito that is unique to Makurazaki. This is a mixture of barley miso and bonito flakes, green tea is added, dissolved, and all the bonito flakes are eaten without filtering. It is drunk when you are tired, during and after illness, or when you have a hangover. First of all, products that are easily subdivided into single servings of traditional local foods are included.