Yazawa Meat
Tokyo, Japan, Japan
kuroge-wagyu.com ↗verification source ↗
Quality assessment
Caveats
IMPORTANT: for any LA venue branded Yazawa or Ima, 'sourced from Yazawa Meat' describes self-supply within one corporate group, not an arm's-length farm/purveyor relationship. Per kevinEats (2022): 'The restaurant is owned by Tomomi Inada's Yazawa Meat... the same group that operates yakiniku joint Yazawa next door.' Do not score this as independent sourcing corroboration -- treat as vertical integration, same class as Take It Easy Roasters/Makers & Finders (see learning-sourcing-claim-taxonomy.md point 7). No individual ranch/farm named on the wholesaler's own site (JP-language news page only); NLBC-level per-animal traceability not evaluated here since no certificate was displayed in press coverage.
Japanese meat wholesaler (Kabushiki Kaisha Yazawa Meat / 株式会社ヤザワミート) with retail and e-commerce arms, tagline '日本の和牛を世界に' (Bringing Japan's wagyu to the world). Also operates an international mini-chain of wagyu-focused restaurants under its own name (Tokyo, Singapore, Milan, Beverly Hills) plus a sister shabu-shabu/sukiyaki concept, Ima, next door in Beverly Hills. A processor/wholesaler brand, not a single farm or ranch.
Products
Japanese wagyu beef (kuroge/Kuroge Washu)
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What the quality assessment above is built on.