脂とろける旬の味を満喫！ホッケを求めて利尻島へ【どさんこワイド179】 2025-06-12
It’s a pleasant season, isn’t it? A trip to this remote island that everyone wants to visit once is great, isn’t it? First, let’s get a feel for this trip on TV. I’m on a boat heading to a certain remote island. I’m heading to Risibi Island. I can see Risibi Fuji. It’s about an hour and a half by boat from the ring. Risibi Island floats in the Sea of Japan. This time of year, many tourists visit. The island is attractive for its beautiful nature and abundant sea. And now, the season for hoke is the spawning of Rishiri. The size and oiliness are different. Yes, it’s the best. It’s very fluffy. I went to a facility that protects the town’s important resources and enjoyed the rich nature. I traveled to Rishiri Island below. First, I visited a direct sales store of a fishing company in search of beautiful sea food. Ah, the Rishiri fishery is famous nationwide, isn’t it? I came to look for the sea food of that island. Is there anything you would recommend at this time of year? At this time of year, hoke is in season, and hoke products are often purchased. Wow, yes, there is a wide selection of original hoke products. Among them, I would recommend this one. This is a meboke, but if you buy it, you can eat it as it is, so it is a popular souvenir and is often bought. It is dried hoke marinated in rice and has a traditional taste on the island. It is eaten as it is without grilling it. Let ‘s eat it. The flavor is tightly concentrated, so as you chew it, the deliciousness of the hoke comes out more and more. The salt is just right. I was surprised because I have never eaten hoke raw like this. Yes, it is a product that people on the island can eat. Wow, right now they are in the middle of unloading the hoke, so I went on a shoe fishing trip. Welcome back. How is it? Okay, look , there is a huge amount. Wow, how much did you catch today? It ‘s a huge amount today? Yes, a huge amount. There is so much, I was surprised. A huge amount . Congratulations. Yes, I’m happy. The amount of Rishi’s production began in the middle of last month and has increased to 10 This will be carried out until April, and the freshness of the hoke is vital.After being caught, they are immediately removed from the nets and delivered all over the country.It seems like it would be a lot of work to remove them from the nets, so I’ll do it.Is there any way to tell if hoke is tasty? Yes, there is.If it’s not salted, it won’t have much oil.On the other hand, this kind of red meat is really oily.I’ve eaten my fill of hoke, so it’s this red colour.For example, this big hoke is really good.I think I made this hoke chanyaki.Yes, it’s the best.It ‘s a big mashed pufferfish, and it’s really good.I put some long root in it and spread it on, and then grill it and eat it.I spread it at home too.I’ll do it.Oh, is that so? Now that I’ve heard all that, there’s no way I won’t try it.That’s right.Mr. Sato, who is from the Lisbon Party, I visited a bar run by a local chef. It’s a popular restaurant among locals. It’s fried hokke. Thank you. Wow, it’s big. It’s covered in rich hokke oil, and as expected, it’s big, so please try it. It’s amazing. When you try to pick it up with chopsticks, the oil just drips down . It’s shining, it’s shining. Ah, it’s the best. Thank you. It’s so fluffy. The moment you eat it, the oil spreads in your mouth. The oil is sweet and delicious. We also had a meunière, which can only be served now when we can get fresh hokke in stock. It comes with a sweet miso sauce in the style of chanchanchanyaki. Hmm, it’s a bit too much miso sauce, but the real meunière is delicious. Thank you. The richness of the miso, the sweetness of the hokke, and the roundness of the butter all go well together. The meunière is also really good. I didn’t put it on the menu, but when I happened to get some, I served it as a meunière to a regular customer, and when I tried making miso as an arrangement, it was surprisingly well received, so it was originally a secret menu, right? Yes, it’s a secret menu, and it’s a restaurant where you can enjoy the flavors of the island, and it’s proud of its menu that matches seasonal ingredients, like a secret menu. Speaking of Rishiri, in addition to the hoke, the sea has become closer since this month, and you can see iso-fune all over the island. It must be hard to eat, right? Good morning, good morning, wow, there’s Dark’s sea, wow, there’s an incredible amount, right? What kind of work are you doing right now? This is the work of removing these things like Watan, while turning your body, do you want to try it? Is that okay? I’m like, wow This is irresistible, amazing, this is how it feels, the needles in the flesh, is it really that good, really, let’s eat, wow, it must be freshly caught, I’m so happy, happy, happy, I’m so happy that from now on it will be the season when we can eat lots of sea urchins, I’m looking forward to it, no, it’s only thanks to all of you who do this careful work one by one like this that we are able to eat them, yes thank you so much, yes, there is an important place that protects the future of the sea urchins, which are the island’s treasure, hello, thank you for joining us today, thank you, what kind of facility is this? yes, this is a facility where baby cormorants are raised, they say that the amount of fish raised has particularly decreased at this facility, they raise cormorants, it seems that it takes about a year from the time a baby cormorant is born until it is released into the sea, are these the baby cormorants that are being raised, yes , yes, they are about the same size as a 1 yen coin, 2cm They are raised until they are about this big.About this size.Yes , yes, yes, they are about this big.Even though they are so tiny, they are moving around hard in the palm of my hand.When they get to this size, they are released into the ocean and then the fishermen bring them up.So, until they reach this size, we all raise them here with love, right? Yes,Actually, Watanabe-san is usually a sea urchin.Yes, he is one of the members of North Frackers, which is made up of young fishermen and teachers from the Risi Party.Yes, North Frackers gives guided tours and other events in various parts of the island on an irregular basis in order to raise awareness of fishing.That is how they live.By the way , how many sea urchins do you think are released at this facility in a year ?Yes, how many?Fukunaga-san, Murame-san, how many tens of thousands of grains do you think there are ?It is in full units.One million grains is one full unit, so 10 million urchins.Oh, I wonder, a little more, just a little more, about 4 million, 4 million million, 4 million grains, it’s a dragon, and when they are released, this is 1 4 million are released into the sea every year, and in 2011, about 4 million are released into the sea . These efforts are necessary to protect the island’s specialties. It means not letting the land go to waste. Admission is free, so if you go to Rishiri, please be sure to check it out. Rishiri’s treasure is not just the sea. The magnificent view of Mount Rishiri, one of Japan’s 100 famous mountains, from anywhere is also one of its attractions. Good morning. There is a guided tour of popular tourist spots, and the fun part is that the meeting time is quite early at 5am, but what is the reason for that? It is said that you can enjoy the very quiet nature and that it is easy to see Mt. Fuji upside down. Upside-down Mt. Fuji is the part of the mountain that is reflected on the water surface. The boardwalk has been developed around the swamp, and you can go around it in 20 minutes, so you can easily stroll around. This tree is a pine tree. When a big tree falls like this, it feels lonely, but it creates a space in the forest and makes it easier for light to enter, so it is a place where you can see the end and the beginning of the forest at the same time. I felt the connection of life as new trees are born from fallen trees. Now, take a look here. There is a hole in the tree, a large wound called a “kumage” that has come to get food. If you look at the hole at the bottom, it looks like it has just been scraped off. Here, you can enter the hole completely and eat all you can inside. This is an all-you-can-eat restaurant. It was n’t dug artificially, it was done by hand, so if you time it right you might be able to see it. And finally, we arrived at the place where we were looking forward to seeing the upside-down Mt. Fuji. Ah, we came out. Wow, there is absolutely no wind. Amazing. The lake isn’t moving at all. Upside-down Mt. Fuji Ah, that mountain is a bit hidden in the clouds today, so yeah, you can see it here, right? Yes, it spreads out right in front of you , oh no, it was covered in clouds beautifully, but here is the view you can see when the conditions are right. This is upside down, it’s beautiful, isn’t it? You can enjoy it twice as much, I wanted to see it, it’s a bit disappointing, but the forest that spreads around here is the Harahoshiwa Forest. If there is even a slight wind, the water surface becomes wavy like this and the forest and mountains are not reflected in the picture, so it’s said that it’s rare to see it this beautifully, even if you live on an island, it’s quite rare. Although I wasn’t able to see the view I was looking for this time, it was a trip where I was able to enjoy the rich nature and sea . Nature is like that, there are places where strawberries are number 1, right? Yes, the fishermen who do both create the next attraction themselves, and now it’s in season in the north, and you can eat it in many places, so I heard that it was beautiful, right? If you go, please try it. Yes, this remote island is one I would like to visit at least once, it’s a nice season, so I think it would be nice to have some Atka mackerel with the feeling that you’ve been there.
美しい自然と豊富な海の幸が魅力の“利尻島”では、いまホッケが旬を迎えています。豊かな自然も満喫！今回は利尻島をめぐる旅をお送りしました。
