SpeciesSaltwater fishIn-SeasonAutumn, Winter, Spring, Early summerCooking TipsSashimi, Simmered, carpaccio, etc..HabitatSouth coast of Kuril Islands, all coasts of Hokkaido excluding Ariake Sea-South coast of Kyushu. Many are small in the Seto Inland Sea. The Izu Islands, Ogasawara Islands, Yakushima, Ryukyu Islands, which are few in the Sea of Japan and are often found in the Boso Peninsula to the southern coast of Kyushu