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Channel: SugoUma Japan - スゴウマジャパン / Japanese Food

Uploaded: July 9, 2026

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How the World's Hardest Food Is Made: Traditional Japanese Dried Bonito, Katsuobushi is a food-focused video published by SugoUma Japan - スゴウマジャパン / Japanese Food on July 9, 2026. The original video is embedded here for viewers to follow the creator's food preparation, recipe, tasting or food-story content. How katsuobushi -- Japanese dried bonito, said to be the world's hardest food -- is made in Nishi-Izu, Japan.

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How katsuobushi -- Japanese dried bonito, said to be the world's hardest food -- is made in Nishi-Izu, Japan. Inside Kanesa Katsuobushi Shoten, a workshop founded in 1882, 5th-generation craftsman Yasuhisa Serizawa still uses the 200-year-o ⬇︎Subscribe to our channel! Kanesa Katsuobushi Shoten (Nishi-Izu, Shizuoka) MAP→https://maps.app.goo.gl/C1q3p8Z6eSApZeYp6 WEB→https://www.canesa.net/ Japanese Restaurant Ajimasa MAP→https://maps.app.goo.gl/FTq7DoVcA5vuNGNR6 00:00 Intro 00:21 Yaizu Port -- Frozen Bonito 01:33 Thawing the Bonito in Water 02:22 Filleting the Bonito 04:54 Special Knives for Processing Bonito 05:13 Boiling the Bonito 07:10 Removing the Bones by Hand 07:56 Smoking the Bonito to Dry It 11:33 Japanese Noodles with Bonito Dashi 13:41 Wasabi Rice Bowl 14:27 Repairing Cracks with Bonito Paste 15:54 Sun-Drying 17:28 How to Shave Katsuobushi ↓Join our Discord server! ↓Please support our channel by joining our membership! ↓The process of the Japanese Products channel is here! ↓Our travel channel is here! We want to share the charm of Japan through Japanese f

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