This Week’s Catch
What You’ll Order
Goto Islands Bluefin Tuna — Ikejime-processed and never frozen — alongside Sasshu Salmon from Kagoshima and seasonal fish, arranged for delivery to your Baltimore door.
Sashimi DC · Baltimore Delivery
Skip the drive to DC or NYC for a high-end omakase seat. Nagasaki Bluefin Tuna, Hokkaido Uni, and Kagoshima Salmon — flown in from Japan and hand-arranged to your Baltimore door via Uber Courier, so you can host the sushi night yourself.
Text Us to Arrange Delivery See How It WorksDoes Sashimi DC deliver sashimi-grade fish to Baltimore?
Yes — by manual arrangement. Baltimore isn't on our automated DoorDash/Nash delivery network, so orders are arranged individually via Uber Courier. Click the “Text us” chat bubble (bottom-right) on shop.sashimidc.com with your items, delivery date, and the phone number linked to your Uber account — you'll get live tracking through the Uber app. We confirm a courier quote (typically $50–$80, paid in full by you) before anything is invoiced. $30 food minimum, available daily; we don't dispatch couriers 3:30–7:00 pm due to I-95/295 rush-hour traffic.
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*Baltimore delivery is a newly launched, manually arranged service via Uber Courier and has no completed-delivery volume on this specific route yet, so the two figures at right reflect all of Maryland. As of September 2026.
Why Order to Baltimore
For a genuine omakase-quality meal, Baltimore diners have traditionally had to drive to DC or take the train to NYC. Sashimi DC flips that: ikejime-processed, never-frozen Bluefin Tuna and Hokkaido Uni, flown direct from Japan, arranged to your door via Uber Courier. Host the celebration at home instead of booking a table.
This is a manual, individually arranged service — not an automated checkout flow. Message us through the shop's chat bubble and we'll confirm a courier quote before anything is ordered.
Instead of driving to DC or NYC for a high-end tasting menu, host a premium sushi dinner at home — for an anniversary, birthday, or just because.
Text us your order, delivery date, and Uber-linked phone number. We check the live Uber Courier quote and confirm it with you before you're charged anything.
Same insulated bag and TTI (Time-Temperature Indicator) seal as our standard delivery — with extra ice packs added for Baltimore's longer transit time.
We don't dispatch couriers between 3:30–7:00 pm — I-95/295 traffic between DC and Baltimore makes that window unreliable for a perishable order.
A fixed courier fare makes the most sense paired with a real order — a celebration dinner, a sushi-making night with friends, a special-occasion gift for someone in Baltimore.
Our Standard
Our Nagasaki Bluefin Tuna was served at the Japanese Ambassador's official reception in Washington DC. We source ikejime-processed fish direct from Japan — the same standard demanded by top Tokyo omakase restaurants.
The Goto Islands Bluefin is farm-raised on a documented mackerel-based diet with no CO treatment and no freezing — arriving with omega-3 integrity intact and with measurably lower mercury than wild-caught alternatives (Takagi et al., 2025). Raw fish safety guide →
Browse the FishWhy Customers Choose Us
“Premium cuts of bluefin tuna, yellowtail, and Hokkaido uni… directly from Japan.”
— Washingtonian Magazine
This Week’s Catch
Goto Islands Bluefin Tuna — Ikejime-processed and never frozen — alongside Sasshu Salmon from Kagoshima and seasonal fish, arranged for delivery to your Baltimore door.
How the Fish Gets Here
Bluefin tuna comes from farmers in Goto, Nagasaki — raised from wild seeds with care and slaughtered using ikejime to preserve texture and umami. Sasshu salmon is raised in Sendai, Kagoshima on Chiran tea and mineral groundwater. Both are sent to a specialist processor in Miyazaki, who cuts and packs them for export. From Miyazaki the fish travel to Fukuoka, then to Haneda, then across the Pacific on ANA OCS cargo to IAD — where Keita picks them up personally.
Most imported seafood in the US passes through six layers — farmers, processors, exporters, importers, distributors, and retailers. Sashimi DC works directly with the farmer and processor in Miyazaki, cutting that to three. Fewer intermediaries means faster transit, lower total margin, and a direct line for quality control.
Baltimore adds one more leg after IAD: an Uber Courier trip north on I-95. It's why the order is arranged by hand rather than an automated checkout — we want to confirm the route, the quote, and the timing with you directly before your fish leaves the shop.
Why Delivery Makes Sense
A trip to a DC omakase counter costs an evening and a reservation you may not get. Here’s what hosting at home instead actually looks like.
Driving to DC for omakase
~1 hour each way, plus a reservation
Sashimi DC to Baltimore
Text us, confirm the quote, done
* Some wild-caught fish are frozen at sea to comply with FDA HACCP parasite-destruction requirements. Our Bluefin Tuna is handled under alternative sashimi-grade protocols and is never frozen.
† Vitsab TTI sensors are FDA-approved. Our Miyazaki supplier (Mitsui Suisan) is listed on the FDA Import Alert 16-125 green list — an approval that recognizes their use of validated TTI monitoring for oxygen-reduced packaged fish.
Our fish is ikejime-processed at source — a slaughter method that eliminates lactic acid buildup and preserves both texture and umami in ways conventional handling cannot replicate. It arrives via an unbroken cold chain from Japan’s top specialist producers: Goto Islands for Bluefin Tuna, Kagoshima for Salmon, Hokkaido for Uni. These are not commodity suppliers — they are among the most respected names in Japanese seafood.
We know the catch date, the processing date, and the producer behind every fish we deliver. That level of traceability does not exist at a retail fish counter.
Delivery Coverage
There's no fixed zip-code list for Baltimore — coverage depends on whether Uber Courier can quote your address at the time you message us. Downtown, Fells Point, Federal Hill, Canton, Mount Vernon, Hampden, and Towson are common requests, but it's always worth asking, wherever you are in the greater Baltimore area.
Closer to DC? See our full Maryland delivery coverage, or visit us for pickup at Rice Market, 1608 14th St NW, Washington DC.
How It Works
Click the “Text us” chat bubble (bottom-right) on shop.sashimidc.com. Tell us what you'd like, your preferred delivery date, and the phone number linked to your Uber account, so you get live delivery notifications through the Uber app.
We check Uber Courier for a live quote to your address — typically $50–$80 — and confirm it with you before anything is ordered. We don't schedule dispatch 3:30–7:00 pm due to traffic.
Once you approve the quote, we send a Square invoice covering your fish order plus the full courier fare. $30 food minimum.
Packed in an insulated bag with extra ice packs and a TTI seal for the longer trip, then handed directly to your Uber Courier driver.
FAQ
Yes — by manual arrangement. Baltimore is not on our automated DoorDash/Nash delivery network. Message us through the "Text us" chat bubble on shop.sashimidc.com with your order, delivery date, and the phone number linked to your Uber account, and we'll confirm an Uber Courier arrangement with you directly.
The Uber Courier fare is typically $50–$80 depending on distance and demand, and is paid in full by you in addition to your food order. We check the live Uber quote and confirm the exact fare with you before anything is invoiced — there's no fixed delivery fee like our standard DoorDash/Nash suburbs.
Click the "Text us" chat bubble in the bottom-right corner of any page at shop.sashimidc.com. Tell us what you'd like to order, your preferred delivery date, and the phone number tied to your Uber account — if you provide it, you'll receive live delivery notifications through the Uber app. We'll reply with a courier quote to confirm before you order.
Yes — the same $30 minimum as our standard delivery. Given the added $50–$80 Uber Courier fare, Baltimore delivery makes the most sense for a real order — a celebration dinner, a sushi night for a group, or a gift — rather than a single small item.
Same-day arrangement is often possible. That said, since this is a manually arranged courier (not an automated checkout), advance notice is appreciated so we have time to confirm the Uber quote and fit it outside the 3:30–7:00 pm traffic window.
Yes — we don't dispatch couriers between 3:30 and 7:00 pm. I-95/295 traffic between DC and Baltimore during that window makes delivery times unreliable for a perishable order. Outside that window, delivery is available daily.
There's no fixed zip-code boundary — coverage depends on whether Uber Courier can quote your address when you message us. Downtown Baltimore, Fells Point, Federal Hill, Canton, Mount Vernon, Hampden, and Towson are common requests, but it's worth asking wherever you are in the greater Baltimore area.
The same insulated bag and TTI (Time-Temperature Indicator) seal we use for standard delivery, with additional ice packs added to account for Baltimore's longer transit time and to keep the cold chain intact for the full trip.
A high-end omakase seat in Baltimore usually means a drive to DC or a trip to NYC, plus a reservation. Sashimi DC delivers the same ikejime-processed, never-frozen Bluefin Tuna, Hokkaido Uni, and Kagoshima Salmon used by top Tokyo omakase counters, so you can host the celebration — an anniversary, birthday, or sushi night with friends — at your own table.
Sashimi DC imports directly from the farmer in Nagasaki/Kagoshima and processor in Miyazaki — skipping the exporters, importers, and distributors that typical US seafood passes through. That shorter chain means faster transit and a direct quality line: if packaging, cuts, or cold chain need adjusting, Keita communicates with the processor overnight. The fish reaches the shop approximately 48 hours from Miyazaki, never frozen, never CO-treated, before being arranged onward to Baltimore.
The full product lineup is at shop.sashimidc.com. Regular items include Nagasaki Bluefin Tuna (Otoro $74, Chutoro $60, Akami $55 — all ~8 oz, ~15 slices each), Sasshu Salmon from Kagoshima ($65 / ~9 oz, ~18 slices), Hokkaido Uni (Bafun and Murasaki), Kagoshima Unagi Kabayaki, and Fresh Wasabi from Shizuoka. Availability reflects what arrived from Japan that week.
Yes. Bluefin Tuna and Sasshu Salmon arrive vacuum-packed with an individual TTI (Time-Temperature Indicator) seal on each pack. A green TTI means the cold chain was maintained throughout transit. If the TTI has triggered upon delivery, contact us for a full refund. Fresh sashimi-grade fish should smell clean and oceanic, not fishy or sour. Akami will be naturally dark red-purple — never vivid cherry-red, which signals CO treatment.
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