Fukuoka: Ramen-Making and Matcha Experience
At didi's 70-year-old Japanese home, join us for a relaxed ramen and tea experience. Create your own Hakata-style ramen, then enjoy matcha and sweets in a cozy tea room.
Yobuko ika is the live squid ikizukuri of Saga's Yobuko port, an hour from Fukuoka. The squid is taken live from a tank, butterflied and sliced sashimi-style while still transparent.
Yobuko is a small fishing port on the Genkai Sea in Saga prefecture, 75 minutes from Hakata. Its squid (kensaki ika in season, kogi ika otherwise) is famous for the live ikizukuri presentation: the fish is killed at the table, sliced and served in 90 seconds while the flesh is still transparent. The format codified in the 1970s as the Yobuko fishing fleet shifted from bulk supply to high-end tourism. Today around twelve restaurants in Yobuko run live-squid tanks; Kawataro and Ikahonke are the most-cited. Squid season runs March through November.
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