Toyosu · Chikuwa · 2026-06-30
Chikuwa provides a clear example of why a food’s shape and process can be explained separately from a market’s quantities. The row records mass, not individual pieces or recipes.
What makes chikuwa recognisable
MAFF describes chikuwa as fish paste applied around a bamboo or metal core and cooked, while emphasising regional variation. That gives context for the hollow form. This market row, however, does not say which recipe or raw fish was used; it reports 3,928 kg on 30 June 2026.
Sources: MAFF: traditional fish-paste products · Tokyo Metropolitan Government · FY2026 market data; selected/formatted by GIZUMO
A useful two-row comparison
The chikuwa and kamaboko rows total 7,439 kg in this limited sample. Chikuwa accounts for 417 kg more than kamaboko. The sum is explicitly a two-row subtotal, not the full day’s total for fish-paste products, and not a count of packages available to visitors.
Sources: Tokyo Metropolitan Government · FY2026 market data; selected/formatted by GIZUMO
Do not convert kilograms to servings
No piece weight, package size, producer or price is supplied. Dividing the quantity by a guessed serving size would introduce a new unsupported assumption. A buyer needs an actual product specification; a visitor needs current access information. The wholesale row answers neither question on its own.
Sources: Tokyo Metropolitan Government · FY2026 market data; selected/formatted by GIZUMO
Editorial sources, scope and rights
The English reading guide and its stated sources only. Original source dates, rights, identity limitations and live-status fields remain separate.
Original GIZUMO editorial text and limited factual paraphrase. Linked reference pages retain their own rights; the source-data licence below does not license their text or images. No source photographs, film stills, scans or maps are reproduced.
- Tokyo Metropolitan Government · FY2026 market data; selected/formatted by GIZUMO
Identity and factual fields in the preserved dated source record; no new live-status verification
- MAFF: traditional fish-paste products
Limited general food-process context, not a specification for the market row
Preserved source record and metadata
Market: Toyosu (豊洲) Reported date: 2026-06-30 Source classification: 水産; source category: 塩干加工 Product: Chikuwa (ちくわ) Sales method: Negotiated sales (相対) Quantity in source row: 3,928 kg These are provisional figures, not finalized. Fish quantity and produce price are separate record types; prices are not quantities and no price-per-kg is calculated. Blank numeric fields remain unknown. The latest-date query applies only to these FY2026 endpoints; it does not establish today’s market conditions, retail prices or current availability. Third-party sales and commercial separation categories may overlap; sampled quantities are not whole-market daily totals. Source: Tokyo Metropolitan Government, CC BY4.0. GIZUMO selected rows, retained original Japanese fields and added editorial English labels/scope notes. No photographs or premium-brand claims are included.
- species
- Chikuwa | ちくわ
- market
- Toyosu | 豊洲
- origin
- Not supplied
- observation Date
- 2026-06-30
- quantity
- 3,928 kg
- sale Method
- Negotiated sales | 相対
- report Status
- Provisional, not finalized
- source Category
- 水産 / 塩干加工
- metadata Updated
- 2026/07/27 14:00:00 (source timezone not supplied)
- scope
- Date-descending sample of the specified FY2026 endpoint; not live conditions or current stock
- record Kind
- Fish quantity
- price High
- Not supplied
- price Middle
- Not supplied
- price Low
- Not supplied
- price Currency
- Not supplied
- quote Unit
- Not supplied
- quote Unit Meaning
- Not supplied
Tokyo Metropolitan Government · FY2026 market data; selected/formatted by GIZUMO
CC BY 4.0 · Tokyo Metropolitan Government; editorial translation/selection by GIZUMO