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Sea urchin

雲丹うにuni

The season

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Arriving At its peak On its way outI've seen it served
Arrives
玄鳥至 tsubame kitaru · around 5 April
Peaks from
鼃始鳴 kawazu hajimete naku · around 5 May
Peaks to
土潤溽暑 tsuchi uruōte mushiatsushi · around 28 July
Ends
天地始粛 tenchi hajimete samushi · around 28 August

The types

More than one of these can be on the same plate. Each keeps its own season and its own waters.

Aka sea urchin赤雲丹aka uni

season not set

Bafun sea urchin馬糞雲丹bafun uni

season not set

Ezo bafun sea urchin蝦夷馬糞雲丹ezo bafun uni

season not set

Kita murasaki sea urchin北紫雲丹kita murasaki uni

season not set

Murasaki sea urchin紫雲丹murasaki uni

season not set

Shirahige sea urchin白髭雲丹shirahige uni

season not set

Where it comes from

HokkaidōAomoriIwateMiyagiAkitaYamagataFukushimaIbarakiTochigiGunmaSaitamaChibaTōkyōKanagawaNiigataToyamaIshikawaFukuiYamanashiNaganoGifuShizuokaAichiMieShigaKyōtoŌsakaHyōgoNaraWakayamaTottoriShimaneOkayamaHiroshimaYamaguchiTokushimaKagawaEhimeKōchiFukuokaSagaNagasakiKumamotoŌitaMiyazakiKagoshimaOkinawa

Not recorded yet. The map fills in as I note where each one came from.

    Where I've been served it

    Uni, nori tempura

    Ogata 緒方 · Kyoto

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