{"id":7137,"date":"2025-04-21T14:52:27","date_gmt":"2025-04-21T05:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/?post_type=jetpack-portfolio&#038;p=7137"},"modified":"2025-05-02T14:32:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-02T05:32:35","slug":"nagazarugai","status":"publish","type":"jetpack-portfolio","link":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/nagazarugai","title":{"rendered":"Nagazarugai"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Nagazarugai is found in the warm waters south of the Boso Peninsula. It inhabits sandy bottoms with many rocks. It grows to over 10 cm in height and has an oval shape. The shell has radial lines that resemble a sieve, hence its name.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Nagazarugai is a large bivalve with extremely low catch volumes, making it unavailable in the commercial market. It has a mild aroma reminiscent of Aoyagi and a sweet flavor. If you ever come across it, be sure to try it. It is such a rare shellfish that missing this opportunity may mean you never get to taste it again.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7142\" style=\"width: 499px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7142\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-7142\" src=\"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/04\/nagazarugai.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of Nagazarugai\" width=\"499\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/04\/nagazarugai.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/04\/nagazarugai-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/04\/nagazarugai-250x180.jpg 250w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7142\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The appearance of Nagazarugai<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Japanese name: Nagazarugai (\u9577\u7b0a\u8c9d)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Scientific name: <span style=\"color: #00ccff;\"><a style=\"color: #00ccff;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vasticardium enode (Sowerby,1840)<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7141\" style=\"width: 499px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7141\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-7141\" src=\"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/04\/nagazarugai-nigiri.jpg\" alt=\"A photo of Nagazarugai nigiri suhi\" width=\"499\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/04\/nagazarugai-nigiri.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/04\/nagazarugai-nigiri-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/18\/2025\/04\/nagazarugai-nigiri-270x180.jpg 270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 499px) 100vw, 499px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7141\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The appearance of Nagazarugai nigiri sushi<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Nigiri sushi detail: Nagazarugai\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nigiri sushi<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nagazarugai is found in the warm waters south of the Boso Peninsula. It inhabits sandy bottoms with many rocks. It grows to over 10 cm in height and has an oval shape. The shell has radial lines that resemble a sieve, hence its name. Nagazarugai is a large bivalve with extremely low catch volumes, making it unavailable in the commercial market. It has a mild aroma reminiscent of Aoyagi and a sweet flavor. If you ever come across it, be sure to try it. It is such a rare shellfish that missing this opportunity may mean you never get to taste it again. Japanese name: Nagazarugai (\u9577\u7b0a\u8c9d) Scientific name: Vasticardium&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7142,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"jetpack-portfolio-type":[166],"jetpack-portfolio-tag":[168],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio\/7137"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/jetpack-portfolio"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7137"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio\/7137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7181,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio\/7137\/revisions\/7181"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"jetpack-portfolio-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio-type?post=7137"},{"taxonomy":"jetpack-portfolio-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sushiuniversity.jp\/basicknowledge\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/jetpack-portfolio-tag?post=7137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}