Inago means grasshopper in Japanese. It is a Japanese “delicacy” that is usually served in some restaurants in certain prefectures, most of all in rural areas where I suppose they can be captured and cooked while they are fresh. The other day I found a stall specialized in inago, いなご, in downtown Tokyo. The man selling grasshoppers was very proud of his grasshopers and was recommending different kinds to the passers-by. Besides grasshoppers, he was also selling dry fish, shrimps and clams, a quite curious mix of groceries.
Yamagata grasshoppers just below the stallkeeper.
Grasshoppers on the left, the rest is dry frish and shrimps.
