Tako hiki (タコ引, literally,
octopusThe octopus is a cephalopod of the order Octopoda. The octopus inhabits many diverse regions of the ocean, especially coral reefs. The term may also be used to refer only to those creatures in the genus Octopus...
-puller),
yanagi ba (柳刃, literally, willow blade), and
fugu hiki (ふぐ引き, literally,
pufferfishTetraodontidae is a family of primarily marine and estuarine fish. The family includes many familiar species which are variously called puffers, balloonfish, blowfish, bubblefish, globefish, swellfish, toadfish, and toadies...
-puller) are long thin knives used in the Japanese kitchen, belonging to the group of
Sashimi hōchō (Japanese: 刺身包丁Sashimi [raw fish] hōchō [knife]) to prepare
sashimiSashimi is a Japanese delicacy primarily consisting of very fresh raw seafood, sliced into thin pieces about 2.5cm wide by 4cm long by 0.5cm thick, but dimensions vary depending on the type of item and chef, and served with only a dipping sauce , depending on the fish, and...
, sliced raw
fishA fish is any aquatic vertebrate animal that is typically ectothermic , covered with scales, and equipped with two sets of paired fins and several unpaired fins...
and
seafoodSeafood is any sea animal or plant that is served as food and eaten by humans. Seafoods include seawater animals, such as fish and shellfish...
.
Similar to the
nakiri bochoNakiri bocho and usuba bocho are Japanese-style vegetable knives. They differ from the deba bocho in their shape, as they have a straight blade edge suitable for cutting all the way to the cutting board without the need for a horizontal pull or push. These knives are also much thinner...
, the style differs slightly between
Tokyo, officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and is located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the city of Tokyo in the eastern part of the prefecture, totaling over 8 million people....
and
Osakais a city in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of Honshū.Osaka is a City in Japan and also is designated city under the Local Autonomy Law and the capital city of Osaka Prefecture...
.
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Tako hiki (タコ引, literally,
octopusThe octopus is a cephalopod of the order Octopoda. The octopus inhabits many diverse regions of the ocean, especially coral reefs. The term may also be used to refer only to those creatures in the genus Octopus...
-puller),
yanagi ba (柳刃, literally, willow blade), and
fugu hiki (ふぐ引き, literally,
pufferfishTetraodontidae is a family of primarily marine and estuarine fish. The family includes many familiar species which are variously called puffers, balloonfish, blowfish, bubblefish, globefish, swellfish, toadfish, and toadies...
-puller) are long thin knives used in the Japanese kitchen, belonging to the group of
Sashimi hōchō (Japanese: 刺身包丁Sashimi [raw fish] hōchō [knife]) to prepare
sashimiSashimi is a Japanese delicacy primarily consisting of very fresh raw seafood, sliced into thin pieces about 2.5cm wide by 4cm long by 0.5cm thick, but dimensions vary depending on the type of item and chef, and served with only a dipping sauce , depending on the fish, and...
, sliced raw
fishA fish is any aquatic vertebrate animal that is typically ectothermic , covered with scales, and equipped with two sets of paired fins and several unpaired fins...
and
seafoodSeafood is any sea animal or plant that is served as food and eaten by humans. Seafoods include seawater animals, such as fish and shellfish...
.
Similar to the
nakiri bochoNakiri bocho and usuba bocho are Japanese-style vegetable knives. They differ from the deba bocho in their shape, as they have a straight blade edge suitable for cutting all the way to the cutting board without the need for a horizontal pull or push. These knives are also much thinner...
, the style differs slightly between
Tokyo, officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and is located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the city of Tokyo in the eastern part of the prefecture, totaling over 8 million people....
and
Osakais a city in Japan, located at the mouth of the Yodo River on Osaka Bay, in the Kansai region of the main island of Honshū.Osaka is a City in Japan and also is designated city under the Local Autonomy Law and the capital city of Osaka Prefecture...
. In Osaka, the
yanagi ba has a pointed end, whereas in Tokyo the
tako hiki has a rectangular end. The
tako hiki is usually used to prepare
octopusThe octopus is a cephalopod of the order Octopoda. The octopus inhabits many diverse regions of the ocean, especially coral reefs. The term may also be used to refer only to those creatures in the genus Octopus...
. A
fugu hiki is similar to the
yanagi ba, except that the blade is thinner and more flexible. As the name indicates, the
fugu hiki is traditionally used to slice very thin
fuguis the Japanese word for pufferfish and is also a Japanese dish prepared from the meat of pufferfish or porcupinefish of the genus Diodon...
sashimi.
The length of the knife is suitable to fillet medium sized fish. For very large fish such as
tunaTuna are ocean-dwelling carnivorous fish in the family Scombridae, mostly in the genus Thunnus. Tuna are fast swimmers—they have been clocked at —and include several warm-blooded species...
longer specialized knives exist, for example the almost two-meter long
oroshi hochothumb|Hancho hocho, a half length blade at the [[Tsukiji fish market]] in [[Tokyo]]Oroshi hocho and hancho hocho are extremely long, highly specialized knives used in Japan to fillet tuna and other large fish.The oroshi hocho is a longer knife with a blade length of 150 cm in...
, or the slightly shorter hancho hocho.