Pages tagged Kumamoto
Ariake Sea
The shallow Kyushu sea where three cupped oysters live side by side: the Kumamoto, the Suminoe that takes its name from Ariake, and the Pacific.
Humboldt Bay
California's biggest oyster bay, where Kumamotos bring in most of the money and a third of sales are seed for other farms. Almost 10 million oysters a year.
Gillardeau vs Kumamoto
A big French Pacific against a thumb-sized Japanese species. What the chemistry says about cream, sweetness and salt, and which one to order.
Tomales Bay, California
An oyster bar and a take-away farm stand on a narrow bay in Marin County, where California's oldest oyster farm sits a few minutes from one of its most famous.
Kumamoto Oysters
A separate species from the Pacific oyster, brought from Japan in the 1940s. Small, deep-cupped and sweet, and still thriving on its home beds in the Ariake Sea.