TOKYO - This is Behind the Counter at a Local Japanese Portside Tuna Restaurant in Misaki Port 2 hours south of Tokyo. It's a maguro tuna speciality shop, Kurobatei, nestled for more than half a century in the heart of a local Japanese fisherman’ town.
The shop serves ultra fresh sashimi and their signature maguro dishes. This Japan hidden gem restaurant offers a dining experience with the freshest ingredients, passion-infused local craftsmanship all with a warm family vibe. We even visit the the Misakoi Port fish market which has been the lifeblood of this port city for over a 100 years and designed as a wholesaler market, you’ll rarely see restaurant owners here. But Takuya and his family take exceptional pride in being able to select and server the freshest and highest quality fish available to their customers so you'll find them at the market every morning. The family even participates in the Fish Market Tuna Auction. It’s also, where Takuya’s grandfather made a name for himself as the Number 1 Maguro Fisherman in the industry during his time. It’s an uncommon practice to eat the tuna’s more unconventional parts like the throat and jaw, but here in the Misaki area, it’s a local specialty often eaten in the home, as it’s a the technique that was developed by their local fishermen. Apparently during long voyages at sea, the Japanese Tuna fishermen would enjoy the lesser-known parts that usually don’t make it to the market and would cook it with an international culinary approach with spices gathered from their trips around the world, resulting in their own unique tuna fusion style cuisine.
