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Ayu nare zushi (sushi)

Ayu (sweetfish) has been used as a preserved food for a very long time. Freshly boiled rice was stuffed inside the belly of salted sweetfish to cause fermentation. When eaten, the crisp flavor of sweetfish and the mature taste of fermented rice fill the mouth. In 2015, the upper and middle courses of the Nagara River which have handed down the food culture of Ayu nare sushi were registered as a Globally Important Agricultural Heritage System as "Ayu of the Nagara River System."
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Unoiori U
Nagara, Gifu City

Address：94-10 Nakaukai, Nagara, Gifu City［Map］
Phone Number：058-232-2839
Opening Hour：10:00～16:00
Holiday：First, Third and Fifth Mondays, Second and Fourth Sundays, December 31 to January 4
Parking Capacity：8 cars
Access Approx. 30 minutes by car from Meishin Expressway "Gifu-Hashima IC"
Approx. 5 minutes walk from Gifu Bus "Ukai-ya" bus stop
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Hearty hospitality from cormorant fisherman
Our restaurant is run by a cormorant fisherman who knows everything about sweetfish and cormorant. Nare sushi prepared with strictly selected sweetfish and locally grown rice has impressed everybody who tried it. The food is prepared elaborately with delicate use of salt to produce healthy and tasty sushi.
Service period：All year round
Please call us to confirm.
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＜Messages from the Staff＞ Please watch cormorant fishing as well. It reminds us of what is precious in life.
shop_gallery Matured in delicately adjusted salty water to make healthy food.
shop_gallery Cormorants also welcome the guests.
shop_gallery Sweetfish is strictly chosen by the master, a cormorant fisherman.
shop_gallery Cormorant fishing boat and tools are exhibited.

Kawaramachi Izumiya
Motohama-cho, Gifu City

Address：20 Motohama-cho, Gifu City［Map］
Phone Number：058-263-6788
H　　 P：http://www.nagaragawa.com/
Opening Hour：11:30～14:00(LO.) / 17:00～19:30(LO.) Reservation required for evening (May 11～October 15)
11:30～14:00(LO.) / 17:00～19:00(LO.) Reservation required for evening (October 16～May 10)
Holiday：Wednesdays , and winter season holidays
Parking Capacity：15 cars
Access Approx. 20 minutes by car from Tokai-Hokuriku Expressway "Gifu-Kakamigahara IC"
Approx. 5 minutes walk from Gifu Bus "Nagara-bashi" bus stop
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The ultimate fermented food using salt from Inner Mongolia
An ultimate fermented dish produced only from sweetfish, salt and rice which are left for one year in a cedar barrel for fermentation. The salt is procured in Mongolia. The taste coming from the intestines of "sweetfish with roe" makes its eaters enjoy the mildness - making the dish more likable than sushi of crucian carp.
Service period：All year round
Please call us to confirm and a reservation is required for dinner between middle of October to early May.
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＜Messages from the Staff＞ We offer "Nare zushi" made from naturally grown sweetfish and sweetfish with roe.
shop_gallery "Ayu white cream" from the rice of nare zushi.
shop_gallery Thoroughly matured in cedar barrels.
shop_gallery A variety of souvenir items such as sweet-boiled fish.
shop_gallery Located near the boarding spot for cormorant fishing tour boats.

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Division of Agricultural Products and Logistics,Department of Agriculture,Gifu Prefecture
2-1-1 Yabuta-Minami, Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan 500-8570
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