In spring last year, Ando learned through a campaign to promote a dish called "uni-don" (sea urchin bowl) that ... the largest catch of sea urchins in Japan, 60 percent of a total 2,200 tons ...

Considered a delicacy in several parts of the world, sea urchin, or uni in Japanese, is prized for its unique flavor. But the cost of the gonads — the orange tongues found inside an urchin ...

Karasumi is Japanese dried fish roe ... Place the clams on two dinner plates, or four appetiser plates. Arrange the sea urchin (uni) pieces on the clams. Use a fine-tooth rasp-type grater to ...