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Arrom... Face-to-face with a samurai from Barcelona

A logbook by Sensei Hiroshi Umi. “They cost me a fortune. I can’t imagine what they would be worth now. Without telling me anything, they had the courtesy to engrave my and the company’s name on the blade in the centuries-...

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One of a species: don't mix your bigeye up with your bluefin

A logbook by Sensei Hiroshi Umi. On my travels to destinations, markets, restaurants and coastal or marine landscapes, I have learned to identify the different varieties of tuna. And I can attest that tuna tricksters, con artists or simply ...

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Arahy: Rajoy, magic and tuna

A logbook by Sensei Hiroshi Umi. For a mere observer and man of measured words like me, with my Japanese minimalism, for someone to speak in torrents to express themselves, to tear open their apron or shirt, verbalise their enthusiasm and l...

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Fuentes and Japan: a love story

A logbook by Sensei Hiroshi Umi. For an oriental tuna-lover and gourmet like myself, along with so many other Japanese, raised among izayakas (inns), vinegared rice and sushi of every kind, discovering Spain is a blinding vision, a burning ...

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