🍱 Fuukashi

Fuukashi made with asari clams is a local dish in the Bay Area stretching from Futtsu City to Funabashi City. During the Edo period, Funabashi City prospered as a post town along the major transportation route, boosting their agricultural and fishing industry. The fresh seafood caught in Funabashi Bay was even offered to the shogun's clan. In particular, asari clams were abundant, meaty, and incredibly delicious. Since there were no refrigeration facilities back then, the fishermen steamed the asari before transporting them. The broth created from steaming the clams was mixed with a small amount of miso (miso was expensive and precious at that time) and consumed by the fishermen. This is said to be the origin of Fuukashi. The dish emerged due to the abundance of seafood in the region. (During the Heisei era, the availability of asari gradually declined. Currently, clam digging shores in the prefecture are maintained by importing juvenile clams from foreign countries.)