• 鰊にしん

  Pacific herring (Clupea pallasii)

• 鰊粕にしんかす

  dried and pressed boiled herring (used as fertilizer)

• 鰊蕎麦にしんそば

  soba in hot broth, topped with a salty-sweet dried herring

• 鰊曇りにしんぐもり

  cloudy weather near Hokkaido during the herrings season (from the third to the sixth lunar month)