"Dave Fossett" <reply@via.newsgroup> wrote in message news:68cDa.643$t6.51@news1.dion.ne.jp...
> "Kaz" <kaz@ivebeenframed.com> wrote:
> 
> > This is nihonjin version; hiraki nishin(herring)
> > http://www.rakuten.co.jp/shibuya/466346/440169/
> >
> > And here is gaigin version; kippers
> > http://www.kipper.co.uk/shop/system/index.html
> >
> > But they don't look much different......
> 
> But aren't hiraki nishin just dried fish? If you weren't already aware,
> kippers are smoked.

Yes, and maybe that's the difference. Nihonjin are just dried but
gaigins are smoked. Maybe that's why gaigins are slightly trickier
than nihonnjin.