Tsukiji was where fresh food and products were sent in from all corners of Japan, and its fish market was one of the ... traditional Japanese cooking like dried Bonito and kelp.

It's 3 a.m. and the fish market in Fukuoka is already crackling ... would have been shipped mainly to high-end restaurants around Japan, but these days are just as likely to head abroad.

An aha moment came one day when he saw dried horse mackerel, whose recipe is introduced this week. Even those who cannot fillet a fresh fish can cook simply by placing a piece of dried fish in the ...