* Description: Ayu are as Japanese as cherry blossom. Small fish in the salmon family, they grow to about 20 cm long, sometimes reaching 30 cm. Ayu are celebrated as being, when skewered and grilled ...

OTSU—The January haul of “ayu” sweetfish from Lake Biwako was only 3 percent of the average and the smallest since record-taking started in 2009, the Shiga prefectural government said. Poor spawning ...

When summer arrives, there is a fish that causes the hearts of fishermen to race with anticipation. It is the "ayu," or "sweetfish" - little known outside Asia, but a key part of summer in Japan. Its ...

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What is Ayu no Shioyaki? Ayu (鮎/sweetfish) is a symbolic summer river fish in Japan that’s only available for only a brief window each year. If you play animal crossing (like my wife) then you might ...