Sea Urchin

I love sea urchin, not only for its creamy texture, but also for its delicate sweet taste. I also love how well it pairs with rice wine and hot rice, just to name a couple. The sea urchin you are looking at in this picture was caught the same day I arrived at this restaurant, so it was very fresh and cold. Never eat sea urchin that has been around for more than a few days because the taste changes from sweet to sour and pungent. Some of the best places to eat sea urchin: Ibaraki, Hokkaido, Iwate !
I have eaten sea urchin at several sushi restaurants all through-out Kanagawa and Tokyo, none of them taste as good as the regions I mentioned above.
Current studies on sea urchin are astounding: Sea Urchin