Frozen bonito are customarily measured and auctioned ... a shopkeeper in the Yaizu Sakana Center (“sakana” is Japanese for fish) where many stores dealing in marine products are located.

a Yaizu-based fisheries company, at the Yaizu cooperative’s fish market in the city on Feb. 8, 2021. Yaizu boasts Japan’s top haul of bonito, and the game fish is the pride and joy of the port ...

“Makurazaki produces half of all the katsuobushi made in Japan.” The process starts at a bonito auction where 30 different companies bid on the best fish. Next, the fish is simmered at high ...