Salmon Salting Experience

越後村上三ノ丸流鮭塩引き道場

Creating a depth of flavour just with autumn salmon, salt, and the power of nature!

Murakami City has a long history with salmon, so much so that it is said that the city has more than 100 different ways to cook and prepare the fish. Among these methods is salted salmon, the ultimate natural food that is created simply from autumn salmon and salt. Salt is massaged thoroughly and evenly all over the fish and it is then matured through exposure to the low temperature and high humidity of the winter season, creating a delicious dish with super-concentrated umami flavours.
So where can you take up the challenge of salting your own salmon? The answer is at the “Echigo-Murakami Sannomaruryu Sake-shiobiki Dojo,” at Iyoboya Kaikan. Every year, from the end of November to mid-December salmon salting events are held, which are extremely popular. Every year the master salters patiently and carefully show people how to salt a salmon.
The actual salting experience takes two hours and afterwards you can take home the salmon that you have salted in a Styrofoam box. It is ready for eating after the salt has been washed away and it has been dried. There’s no doubting that your own personally salted salmon will have a unique and wonderful flavour.

Area: Murakami and Shibata Area

Category: Food Festivals

General Information

Address	新潟県村上市塩町13-34／塩引き道場（イヨボヤ会館別棟）
Directions	10 minutes by car from Murakami Senami-onsen Interchange on the Nihonkai-Tohoku Expressway 20 minutes on foot from Murakami Station on the JR Uetsu Main Line
Car Park	134 spaces for cars 5 spaces for buses
Opening Times	Every year from mid-November to early December Weekdays: 9:30 and 13:30; Weekends and holidays: 9:00, 12:00 and 15:00 * One course takes approx. 2 hours
Prices	Salmon salting lesson 5,600 yen (including the cost of the salm) *The cost of completing the salmon processing is separate and costs 4,400 yen (tax incl.)