On the other hand, when an area is located remote from the sea, marine foods were more valuable there, and it is considered that, if a family could serve sea food, even though it was a processed one, on a celebratory occasion, it showed a great social status of the family.
他方、海から遠い地方ほど、食品としての水産品は貴重な存在であり、加工品であっても行事のときにそれらをハレの食膳に上らせることができるのは大きなステータスであったと考えられる。