Sanma Roll さんまんま魚政

Kushiro (釧路) is a port city in eastern Hokkaido, one of the top fishing port. Sanma (pacific saury) is a common fish here. One of the food specialty is sanmanma.

A whole sanma was deboned, wrapped around rice and grilled. We visited the famous Uomasa that was located at the Fisherman's Wharf MOO. There was an open air carpark next to this building.

After our meals, we continued our drive to Nemuro. After seeing numerous road signs in Hokkaido, we sighted a few deers trying to cross the road!

Tabelog: https://tabelog.com/hokkaido/A0112/A011201/1008797/

Kushiro Washo Market 釧路和商市場

Kushiro Washo market is one of the 3 famous markets in Hokkaido (the other two are Sapporo and Hakodate).　The famous item here was the Katte Don (勝手丼). One would be able to purchase pieces of sashimi from seafood stores. However, these stores did not sell rice (don), one would have to go those "rice" store for that.

There was a great variety of fish, uni and crabs. You could just simply purchase the raw fish without any rice.

Here is a photo of a "rice" (ごはん) store. There was choice of normal or vinegar rice. Vinegar rice would make it feel like eating a bowl of sushi or chirashi.

Website: https://www.washoichiba.com/