Whether it's a akami, the strikingly red most commonly eaten cut

ほとんどの人はマグロを頼みますよね

Or chutoro, medium fatty tuna, or for high fliers who like it buttery

最も多く食べられる真っ赤なアカミ

Smooth is otoro, the fattiest cart the tuna, which falls apart in your mouth served together

中トロ、アカミと大トロの中間

They make up an iconic palette of red and pink and once you've tasted it

そしてアブラたっぷりで口の中で 溶けるバターのように

You'll be forever delighted you got used to eating raw fish

スムース好きで リッチなあなたには大トロ！

Even if it can be a wallet draining addiction

３種類合わせてこの特徴ある 赤とピンクの美しい盛り付け

But there's one man who makes a mockery of us all with our pitiful wallets

食べた事ある方は、生魚を食べれる事を 心の底から喜んであろう

that is Kiyoshi Kimura, known in Japan as the Tuna King

中毒性があり財布がカラになる危険があるとしてもだ

The Tuna King owns one of Japan's largest sushi chains, Sushi Zanmai, and not only loves tuna

そこでご紹介したいのはこの方

I mean just look at his cheeky spine

一番デカイ、マグロ財布の持ち主

But he also has a reputation for smashing the world record for the most expensive tuna ever auctioned.

木村清さんです。ツナキング（マグロの王様） とも知られています

In January 2019, he splashed out incredible 3.1 million dollars on a single

ツナキングは日本最大級 「すしざんまい」チェーン店のオーナー

278 kilogram bluefin tuna coming in at five thousand dollars per pound, but this wasn't just any tuna in Japan

そしてマグロを愛すだけではなく。。 見て下さい。。この嬉しそうな顔

there's a real premium placed on the finest sourced ingredients from

世界記録を常にぶち破る伝説の男と恐れられ

$250 marbled Kobe beef sauce from Tajima black cattle to the obscenely expensive

オークションで最も高いマグロを買った事でも 話題になっている

Yubari King melons cultivated in Hokkaido and sold for

2019年１月には

$30,000. Tuna is no exception. All of Japan's most prized. Tuna comes from one place

278キロする立派な

The Shimokita Peninsula sticks out at the top of Japan's main island of Honshu looking not too dissimilar from an axe

本マグロをなんと。。。

It's a mysterious frontier

￥333,600,000で購入しました！！

But it's in the town of Oma on its most northern tip where fishermen go out into the fertile seas of the Tsugaru

って事は１パウンド（454ｇ）につき＄5000

Strait to catch the million-dollar tuna auctioned off in Tokyo and today my mischievous Japanese companion Ryotaro

これはただのマグロではありません

and I have traveled to Honshu's northern edge to see the fish being caught but our first stop in this mysterious land isn't

日本では常に最高級のクオリティーが求められる

Otherworldly rugged looking landscape that feels like it'd be right at home on another planet

200g で $250 の 神戸・但馬黒毛牛

First time I saw this place was in the book called

北海道産のメチャ高い夕張キングメロン

40 greatest views of the world and there's only one from Japan and this is it, Hotekegaura.

その値段なんと￥30,000！！

Definitely got a bit of the edge of the world kind of vibe going on

マグロも例外ではないです

The only way that I do know that it's not the edge of the world is I can see Hokkaido

最高級のマグロは日本のある場所で釣れるのです

In the distance across the sea

本州、最北部の下北半島

One of the first things we noticed when we got down here is there's a giant owl there and in the rock formation

よーく見ればオノにも見えなくない場所

There's a giant owl. I thought that was intentional because I also saw a giant eagle over there as well

神秘的なフロンティアで

My initial thought was they've done that for tourism reasons. But according to Ryotaro it's actually just natural

大間町の最も北部先っちょの所

So I look at it clouds when you see something right? I'm not going mental, right?

漁師達は津軽海峡に出て

You're not you know, it's all natural. I mean the other thing I saw is on top of that rock

東京でオークションされる幻のマグロを探す

It looks like a giant monster is just taking a bite taking a chunk out the top of it. I don't find that romantic

そして今日は、やんちゃな日本人 リョウタロウと

Genuinely looks like a bloody eagle. Yeah, like resting. Oh, yeah about to fly

本州最北部の場所に、実際この魚が釣られるのを 見にきました

That's why I think it's deliberate

我々のスタート地点は険しく神秘的で

It looks uncannily like an eagle an owl if I see if I see one more rock that looks like an animal or an object

違う惑星にも見える場所だ

Then we'll know we'll know it's deliberate. No natural.

俺は本を読んで初めてこの場所の事を知った

Found it found one more face that in the distance

世界の素晴らしい景色トップ４０って本だ

It looks like something out of the Rings the head of a giant statue

日本代表として、たった一ヶ所がのっていた

Lord of the Rings meets Planet of the Apes. And now you're saying that it's intentional again. This is all intentional. This is a setup

ここだ！仏ヶ浦！

It's natural. It's isn't natural

何となく世界の果てって感じがするけど

There's no way water could have done that to the rock to make it look like a face or an eagle or an owl

が、果てじゃーない

Its rigged! Natural scenic wonder? Lies!

なぜなら海の向こう側に北海道が見えるんだ

Somebody's carved that out of the rough. I know it. I'm really clever. I'm a youtuber I must be right

ここに来て真っ先に気がついたのは

Shimokita peninsula is what is known as a Geo site right? A Geopark

巨大なフクロウがいる

Yeah, because it's from the few places in Japan that is completely surrounded by sea, it's shaped like an axe

フクロウに見える岩だ

And they have sea from 360 degrees and also it's very seismic as well

誰かが作ったんじゃないかと思うでしょ

It's been recognized for its geological outstanding nature and they've tried to sell that basically through having geo dining

だって向こうにはデカイ鷲もいるし

food that's influenced by the local area, which we are eating now. I haven't even started. He's already eaten it

観光客が喜ぶために作ったんだと思った

Brilliant, whatever happened to let's wait for the audience?

が。。リョウタローによるとどうも 自然現象らしいんだ

So this is um, shiitake mushroom gnocchi with sea urchin sauce topped with shiitake itself

雲が色々な物に見えるのと同じだべ

It's a the main local ingredient here are

俺、頭おかしくなってないよね

Mushrooms and also shi- and also sea urchin is really really really good - really rich try that

お～大丈夫、大丈夫 全部自然だ

Try that. It's quite rare, isn't it? Like mixing the almond milk with sea urchin like it to make a sauce

あの岩なんかデカイ怪物が岩に カブリついているように見える

Well, I've never done it. That's for sure

ロマンチックじゃね

Then again, I can't cook so I know I must admit the first time I heard Geo dining

マジで巨大なワシに見えるっぺよ

I pictured something with a volcano and food. I thought would be like sticking the food in a volcano or something

はいはい。今にも飛びそうだね～

I'm slightly relieved that it's not that, that it is far tastier than that would be

だから～ だれかが作ったとしか見えんのよ

So this is it the star of the show uni croquette

ほくろうちゃんとワシちゃん

Croquette with uni and yogurt and seaweed around it

もう一つでも岩が動物か何かの物体に見えたら

Ryotaro- I've already finished it all finished it at one second

絶対に人によって作られたってことだ

He was nodding. He was shaking his head. He was in all sorts of weird crap. Let's try it because

全部自然だってばよ～

because because

見つけたぞ～！今度は顔だ。

mmm

ロード・オブ・ザ・リングから出てきそうな デカイ像の頭

This is it

ロード・オブ・ザ・リングとサルの惑星だ

Tastes like cheese. Yeah, it's got I think the sea urchin with I think yogurt in it

また誰かの仕業と言うんか？

Like it actually make it make it taste like a little cheesy. Eating a dish like this

これは絶対誰かの仕業だべ

It makes me really angry that I stopped eating uni what three years ago

だから～自然なんだってばよ

Three years ago, I ate some uni, it was really bad. It was very bitter and horrible

自然な分けがない！ 水が岩にあんな事するのは不可能じゃ

and after that

顔、ワシそしてフクロウだぞ

I just stopped. No uni for three years and then - This changes today when he brought it out

ウソだ。ウソにきまってる！

I thought oh God it's some sort of rock straight out of a volcano because it was black because of the squid ink.

誰かが削ったんじゃ わしは知ってんのじゃ

Oh, well, that was it. That was an incredible dish

わしは頭が良いのじゃ わしはユーチュバーじゃ

Over the course of the last half decade

正しいはずじゃ

I've eaten a staggering amount of tuna with little thought or appreciation how or where it's been caught and today finally

下北半島はジオサイトとしても知られている

We were going to see it once and for all firsthand

ジオパーク 日本列島でも珍しく

So we popped on a small fishing boat and we've come out into the Tsugaru Strait with the hope of finding tuna fishermen

日本でも数少ない海に囲まれ、 オノの形部分なんかはほぼ３６０度海が見える

Who are going out and catching all of the decadent expensive tuna that are swimming beneath us.

震域地帯だ

There we go. I mean that puts it in perspective. There's dozens of fishing boats out there right now

地質学的に優れた自然と有名

so the reason this is the best place the best place to get tuna in Japan is with

それに重ね、ジオダイニング

Numerous currents because we've got the Pacific Ocean that way the Sea of Japan that way the Strait in between mixing the currents

この土地で取れる食材をたっぷり使う

It's the perfect fertile fishing ground for tuna as we found out earlier the most expensive tuna ever

今、頂いております。 って俺はまだ触ってもないけど

Auctioned in Japan was caught here in the Strait. They call them black diamonds these days. They call Oma tuna black diamonds

彼はもう食べ終わった。。 半分だけだ

Yeah

デザートはちゃんと待ってよな

Because they're so expensive. Because of the money you could get there selling them if we were smart

こらはですね、しいたけニョッキとウニソース

We would have bought our own fishing rod and trying to get a piece of the action, but we're not that smart

仕上げはしいたけのトッピング

Why didn't we try to get our own tuna?

ん～で、この料理の地元具材は

We could have left the trip with a profit

しいたけ

Despite Ryotaro's pessimistic odds of spotting a tuna actually being caught

とウニ

It turns out fortune is smiling upon us when a neighboring fishing boat strikes gold

マジにマジに

We've been following this boat for about 20 minutes and they look like they caught something and are reeling it in

濃厚でやばいっす

they're reeling it in we were circling and finally they brought out an electric shocker and then some kind of spear and

食ってみ食ってみ

they did it it looked really hard. It look really complicated. Apparently, it's their first time is their debut right? Yes

珍しいよね、ウニと牛乳を混ぜるのって

It's their debut, it's their first. Yeah with the one rod fishing.

俺はやった事が無い！って俺は料理が出来ないし

Yeah

正直ね、ジオダイニングって聞いたとき

it's the first time this this team has actually caught a tuna using the one the one fishing line method and it turns out that

火山が料理に何かしら関係するって思ってた

It's actually the cousin of the captain of our ship. So he was pretty happy as well

火山ん中にぶち込んで焼くのとか想像してたけど

No sooner had the cousin of the captain successfully hauled their gigantic tuna in we pulled up alongside another boat to witness an

ちょっぴりホっとしたよ

Even bigger tuna being caught. So we just found a new, or second actually, boat. Second tuna.

こっちの方が全然っ旨いだろうしね

And right now they are just pulling the line

さ～！ではこれが主人公です。

And this boat happens to be the captain's nephew and the other one was the captain's cousin

ウニコロッケ！

Everybody is related to the captain of our ship somehow. Exactly. A group of winners

ウニとヨーグルトのコロッケ

Look at how big it is.

そして海草のガーニッシュ

Black diamonds

リョウタロウのは～ 食っちゃった。。一瞬で無くなった

So this is Pacific bluefin tuna

うなずいて、頭動かしながら何か感動してたね

And in Oma it's actually branded as Oma tuna. Such is the current quality

早速、試そっか

And reputation of the brand of sushi, but the best of all, it doesn't actually taste like black diamonds.

なぜなら～ なぜな～ら～

It tastes like amazing tuna

な～ぜ～な～ら～

You may have noticed we're wearing very colorful shirts.

それ！その理由

What does this actually say I know it's got a giant maguro on it

これですよ～！

Oh maguro... can't read that kanji. Define my shirt.

チーズの味するね

It's like, your life is dependent on the tuna

そうだね～

Ah so fishermen wear it. Exactly.

ウニとヨーグルトでチーズっぽくなるんだね

Wano Nona. Wano Nona. I don't know what that means

こういうの食べると、 凄～く腹が立つんだ

But there is, there is a dialect, I think.

ほらっ、俺3年前位ウニ食べるの止めたじゃん

But that means he who is without sin should not eat the fresh tuna

3年前、ウニを食べて当たったんだよ

But significant difference is - what's all that about?

苦くて、まずくて

That's a sea urchin on armpit

それ以来ずっと止めてた

Why under the right arm, but no the left one?

3年間、ゼロ・ウニ

Oh I have no idea

そしてっ

The great mystery of Oma

今日全てが変わった

Why did it?

持ってきた時

Why does the t-shirt have sea urchin on the right side but- imagine you're like

何？石？って思ったよ

on a yamanote train or like well it doesn't have to be in Japan. But like you're just gonna you know

火山から直接もってきたと思った

Try to hold the handrail

真っ黒だったし イカスミね

on the train and suddenly like

やばかった。 激旨！！

What's that?

過去5年間もの間

Some hair anemones

もの凄い量のマグロを食べ続けてきた

There is one more item of clothing they sell out here

どこから、どうやって来たのか 考えた事も無かったです

Oh yeah exactly

今日はその謎がやっと解けます

And it's this little cute underwear

どうもね

Says again, my life is dependent on tuna

マグロを釣るのを見れる

Rather precariously placed there on the underwear, "my life is tuna"

確立は25%しか無いんだ

Imagine going on a date with a girl and it all going quite well, and then you get down to underwear level

実際このドデカイマグロさん

And then they see this oh my life depends on tuna

を捕まえる確立...25%

Yeah, so

素晴らしい

question is would that be a plus or a minus? Would that be good or bad?

小さなマグロ漁船に乗り込み

And mind you and this is actually a gift for Chris

津軽海峡にやってきました

Really? Yeah, it was actually well, so

我々の下をチョコチョコ泳いでる

This all yours like, hey lucky me. So make sure you go to that level, you know, I mean

マグロちゃんたちを一本釣りを拝見するため

some time with my... your tuna

皆さん、見える？ 何隻もの漁船がプカプカと

The Shimokita Peninsula

では、何故ここがマグロ釣りに 合っているのでしょう？

Is easily accessible from Hakodate in Hokkaido by ferry. It takes just 90 minutes

さまざまな海流がぶつかるからです

or you can catch a bullet train from Tokyo Station to Hachinohe and switch to a local train which takes about

太平洋があっち

Four hours today has been one hell of an intense day but now to wrap things up

日本海があっち

We've got squid racing an actual thing. I'm not making it up. This is a racing track for squid

そして真ん中にこの津軽海峡

Apparently use a little brush and you sort of prod the water

海流が混ざり豊かな漁場になる分けです

a few inches behind the squid and they launch forward like a torpedo like a rocket

さっきも見たように、日本で最高値マグロは

Around the track and that is what we're gonna do now

ここで釣られたのです。そう。この海峡で

It's yeah

最近はブラックダイヤとも呼ばれてるそうです。 大間ブラックダイヤマグロ

So fast

高いからよ！

You won! You somehow won!

そうです。売値ですね

Somehow won I had the faster squid.

もし。。俺たちももうちょっと頭が回ってたら

Yeah first prize look at that

釣竿持って来てたよね

By the way, Chris what happened to the squid that you - Sammy the squid?

一匹ぐらい頑張れば釣れたんじゃない？

Yeah well he won didn't he? He won. And his reward, I don't know. I don't know what they do

でも。。そこまで頭が回らないのが俺達なんだよな

I just saw him like go in the kitchen. Oh

何で、マグロを釣る企画にしなかったんだっけ？

No, that's not fair. After I mean if it wasn't for him I wouldn't have won what whatever that is?

ちょっと儲けれたかも知れんのに

Yeah, that's a good time to wrap things up. But for now guys, that's all. We'll see you next time

リョウタロウの25%とクソ低い確率

Thank you Ryotaro. Thank you Sammy the squid. this way. Thank you. Thank your squid and

マグロが釣れる所を見る確率

Bye for now

だがマグロ女神は俺たちに微笑んだのだ