Two Days and One Night Girls' Trip at Minami-ise town  (Part 1)

Let's go buy local ingredients!

Supermarket "Gyuutora Gokasho", a favorite of the people of Ise-Shima

Tonight's dinner will be a BBQ. We came to the townspeople's purveyor supermarket "Gyuutora Gokasho store" because I thought, "Let's have a BBQ with local ingredients!"

Founded in 1929, Gyutra is a local supermarket with 29 stores in the Suzuka, Iga, Nabari, Tsu, Matsusaka, Ise, and Toba-Shima areas of Mie Prefecture.

Right next to the entrance is the local township "Okinna".

Mainly from Chunansei in Mie Prefecture, there is a wide array of agricultural products, local processed goods, and fresh produce. Seafood in particular was surprisingly good value!

We got yellowtail kama (head), moray eel, barracuda, and other foods unique to Mie. We are excited to see how the moray eel, our first try, tastes. ......

[Gyuutora Gokasho store]
Address: Katakuro 2839-1 Minami-Ise town gun
Phone number: 0599-66-2300
Business hours: 9:00-21:00
Parking lot: 107 cars

http://www.gyutora.com/shop/2211#chirashi

Direct sales at the farm! "Shell Farm Mitsunaga"

Minami-Ise Town is also an area where oyster farming is thriving.

The oysters cultivated in the bay of Minam-Ise town, where rivers flow from the mountains and are rich in phytoplankton, are firm and plump whether grilled or steamed!

In search of oysters from Minami Ise, I came to “Shell Farm Mitsunaga” on the west coast of Gokasho Bay. Here, oysters, rock oysters, scallops, and sea lettuce are farmed.

It is run by Mr. Yoshihisa Mitsunaga, the owner full of kindness, and Ms. Tomoko Mitsunaga, a wife with a charming and powerful smile. The two met in San Francisco and lived in the United States for about 10 years. When I arrived, the wife greeted me with "Welcome!" in English.

"First, let me explain how oysters are made," he said as he showed us around the farm.

Oyster farming starts by putting oyster larvae (baby) that hatch in the summer and attaching them to scallop shells in the sea. The size is about 0.3mm! It's about the size of a sesame seed.

It takes a whopping three years for them to reach the size we usually see them! During that time, the oysters are repeatedly moved three times to grow. They are transported by boat to another location and tied back together again, one bundle at a time. We examine the moving locations based on water temperature, weather, and the condition of the oysters.

I didn't know that oyster farming takes so much time and effort.

“Shell Farm Mitsunaga” also farms scallops. The appa-gai I had in the gratin earlier! As the name suggests, the shell was popping while making the sound.

It seems that it takes about two years to ship the scallops. Only about 1,000 out of 10,000 juvenile shells are actually shipped. Like oysters, shellfish farming takes a lot of time and effort.

This time, I was given a special ride on the fishing boat that I use when moving shellfish! The beach breeze of Gokasho Bay was very pleasant. It is precisely because it is such a pleasant environment that the shellfish grows sukusuku.

The shellfish of Shell Farm Mitsunaga with so much effort and love. You can buy Iwagaki oysters at an amazing price of 450 yen each. Moreover, what a luxury it is to be able to have something made with freshly caught fish.

By the time I left, I had become a fan of Mr. and Mrs. Mitsunaga. This is the kind of conversation you can have with producers only at a direct sales shop. Minami-Ise town I highly recommend that you visit them when you are in the area.

[Shell Farm Mitsunaga]
Address: 510-9 Hasamaura, Minamiise-cho, Watarai-gun Minami-Ise town
Phone number: 0599-64-3115
Regular holiday: Irregular holidays
Parking lot: Yes

http://www.amigo2.ne.jp/~shell-08/index.html