Oyster farming in Akkeshi town, located in Eastern Hokkaido, Japan, is one of the important industries that support the town. In the past, wild oysters were collected as traditional oyster fisheries. However, reproduction rates of natural oyster decreased drastically from the late 1950s, and oyster cultivation using seedlings from Miyagi Prefecture was started. In the Heisei era (1989), Akkeshi town tried to develop its own artificial seedling production method called the "single seed" method, parallel to the method using oyster seedling attached in scallop shells from other prefectures. Oysters cultured by “single seed” method are characterized by beautiful round shape and mostly consumed as raw dish.
In the video below, you can see the oysters being farmed in baskets and the series of steps taken to ship them.
