[Hiroshima oysters are poor in 2023] How to identify delicious Hidahida oysters

Rock oysters in summer are creamy and delicious 😋

When I lived in Shikoku for a while, I often ate freshly caught raw oysters and octopus.
I was also shown how to squeeze an octopus.
Until then, I had never eaten oysters fried, so I didn’t think they could be eaten raw.

I’ve won oysters many times, but now I want to eat them.

It seems that the oyster harvest in Hiroshima in 2023 is poor this year, and the intense heat and water temperature until October made it difficult for the oysters to be properly nourished, resulting in pale-colored oysters.

Oysters have a black band of folds (mantle), and you can easily tell if an oyster is undernourished because it will have a band of brown folds.

Commonly seen in shelled oysters. Shucked oysters are separated, so they are hard to find.

One of the characteristics of delicious oysters is that their mantles are thick and black, so everyone should enjoy delicious oysters with plump, large, black folds.