Akizake - Akizake

Japanese: アキザケ - あきざけ
Akizake - Akizake

…It usually refers to salmon, but it can also be used to refer to other salmon species (sockeye salmon, coho salmon, etc.). Salmon is called shake or chum salmon in various places, akizake or akiaji (autumn flavor) in Tohoku and Hokkaido, and the salmon that appear in Iwate and the east coast of Hokkaido in summer before autumn are called natsuzake or tokishirazu. The body is covered with small scales and has a prominent lateral line. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Akizake" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…サケを指すのがふつうだが,他のサケ類(ベニザケ,ギンザケほか)を総称して使うこともある。 サケは各地でシャケ,シロザケ,東北・北海道でアキザケ,アキアジ(秋味)といわれ,また秋にさきがけて夏に岩手,北海道東岸に現れるサケをナツザケ,トキシラズと呼んでいる。体は小さなうろこで覆われ,側線が顕著である。…

※「アキザケ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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