越前蟹(えちぜんがに)

えちぜんがに
noun
Echizen crab (Fukui-brand snow crab)
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1. Echizen crab
The regional brand name for male snow crab caught off Fukui Prefecture (the old Echizen province) and landed at its ports — one of Japan's most famous and expensive winter crab brands.
越前蟹(えちぜんがに)を食(た)べに行(い)く。
We are going to eat Echizen crab.
越前蟹(えちぜんがに)には黄色(きいろ)いタグが付(つ)いている。
Echizen crab has a yellow tag attached to it.
福井県(ふくいけん)では毎年(まいとし)、越前蟹(えちぜんがに)の漁(りょう)が解禁(かいきん)されると観光客(かんこうきゃく)で賑(にぎ)わう。
In Fukui Prefecture, when the Echizen crab season opens each year, the area bustles with tourists.

越前蟹(えちぜんがに) is biologically the same species as ズワイ蟹(がに); the name is a protected regional brand for crab landed at Fukui's ports, identified by a yellow tag clamped to one claw.

Common expressions

Other regional snow-crab brands include 松葉蟹(まつばがに) (Tottori/San'in) — the same species marketed under a different regional name.

Related Words

Related: ズワイ蟹(がに) (snow crab)
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Added 2026.9.14 17:43 · Revised 2026.9.15 22:41
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