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, delivered to your door.
Sashimi DC · Tenleytown & AU Park, DC Delivery
Northwest DC's academic and diplomatic community knows quality without pretension. Nagasaki Bluefin Tuna, Hokkaido Uni, and Kagoshima Salmon — flown from Japan and delivered same-day to your door.
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Sashimi DC delivers sashimi-grade Bluefin Tuna, Hokkaido Uni, and Kagoshima Salmon to Tenleytown & AU Park, DC daily from 1–8 pm. Flown direct from Japan and packed in insulated bags with ice packs. Same-day delivery, $30 minimum. Enter your address at checkout to confirm coverage. A popular choice for family sushi nights at home — pair with the Home Sushi Kit (rice, nori, Sushizu, wasabi, soy sauce) for a complete temaki setup delivered same-day.
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*Same-day means shipped and received on the same calendar day, including advance orders placed ahead for same-day delivery. As of July 2026.
Why Delivery
Tenleytown and AU Park are home to faculty, diplomats, and long-time Washington residents with an international perspective on food — people who have eaten at great omakase counters in Tokyo and New York and know what genuine sashimi-grade fish tastes like. Sashimi DC delivers that same standard: ikejime-processed Bluefin Tuna from the Goto Islands and Hokkaido Uni, in your home within 48 hours of Japanese harvest. Never frozen, never CO-treated. The real thing, delivered to northwest DC.
Sashimi DC delivers same-day across upper Northwest DC — Tenleytown, Chevy Chase DC, Friendship Heights, Cleveland Park, and AU Park. Enter your address at checkout to confirm coverage.
Skip the 14th St bridge traffic, Beltway merge, or GW Parkway crawl. Order from your couch and let us handle the logistics.
Street parking near our 14th Street shop is scarce. Save the time, the quarters, and the parking tickets.
Every order ships in insulated bags with 1 lb+ ice packs — purpose-built to maintain sashimi-grade temperature across the full delivery radius.
Order any day between 1–8 pm. We prep in 30 minutes; drivers pick up shortly after. Fresh fish at your door, often within the hour.
Kids love making sushi at home with restaurant-quality fish. Skip the restaurant trip — have the whole family roll together at home. Sashimi-grade fish is safe for children when handled properly — Akami and Sasshu Salmon are good starting points.
SakuSaku Flakerie makes croissants and Japanese-style enriched breads — 菓子パン — that feel like a neighborhood bakery in Japan. Keita makes a tuna-tamago sando with their shokupan: sliced Akami over egg salad with yuzu kosho. See the recipe →
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. No DC-area restaurant comes close.
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. 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, delivered to your 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 fish passes through six layers before reaching the table. Sashimi DC works directly with the farmer and processor in Japan, cutting that chain in half. Fewer intermediaries means faster transit and a quality line Keita can reach overnight when something needs addressing. Farmed bluefin from Goto Islands also has measurably lower mercury than wild-caught tuna — a shorter grow-out period means less bioaccumulation over time.
A professor at AU uses our fish when introducing students to Japanese food culture — starting with the simplest preparation, the best ingredient. Good sourcing is the first lesson.
Why Delivery Makes Sense
The supermarket trip costs more than you think — and you still come home with inferior fish. Here’s what the math actually looks like.
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* 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
We deliver across Tenleytown, AU Park, and surrounding northwest DC neighborhoods via DoorDash/Nash. All areas listed are within our full-coverage zone.
✓ Full coverage · Enter your address at checkout to confirm. Coverage reflects April 2026 and is subject to change.
Full DC coverage: Washington DC delivery page
How It Works
Select your fish at shop.sashimidc.com. Minimum order $30. Enter your address to confirm delivery is available.
Delivery orders accepted daily 1–8 pm. Order by 7:30 pm for same-day delivery. Tap the date/hour in the order view to select your preferred window.
Your order is ready in 30 minutes. A DoorDash/Nash driver picks up and delivers to your door. Contactless delivery available on request.
Your confirmation email includes a tracking link. Watch your delivery in real time, then enjoy Tokyo-quality sashimi at home.
Keita’s Pick
There’s a bakery in Tenleytown that feels like stepping into a neighborhood café in Japan. SakuSaku Flakerie makes croissants and Japanese-style enriched breads — 菓子パン — with the kind of care you don’t often find here. The shokupan in particular is worth the trip.
Keita makes a tuna-tamago sando with their shokupan: sliced Akami layered over egg salad, with a swipe of yuzu kosho on the lid. A tamago sando with a serious upgrade. See the recipe →
FAQ
Delivery to Tenleytown & AU Park, DC typically ranges from $8.00 to $10.99 depending on your specific address. The exact fee is calculated automatically at checkout. DoorDash charges $6.99 for addresses within 5 miles; beyond 5 miles the fee increases by $1 per additional mile up to 10 miles.
Yes — $30 minimum. A single portion of our fish easily exceeds this threshold.
We take delivery orders from 1 pm to 8 pm daily. Order by 7:30 pm for same-day delivery.
Prep time is approximately 30 minutes after you place your order. A DoorDash/Nash driver then picks up and delivers — typically under one hour for DC addresses, and around one hour for suburbs depending on traffic and distance. Orders must be placed by 7:30 pm; delivery runs until 8:00 pm daily.
Yes. In the order view, tap the date and hour shown to select your preferred delivery window. Prep time is approximately 30 minutes after you place your order.
We use DoorDash/Nash for local delivery. Tipping is optional — Square suggests 15%, but you can adjust it as you wish. 100% of the tip goes directly to the driver, not to Sashimi DC.
Very few. Even highly regarded Japanese restaurants in DC source their fish through standard wholesale distribution — previously frozen, often CO-treated, and processed days before arrival. Sashimi DC delivers ikejime-processed Bluefin Tuna and Hokkaido Uni from Japan ~48 hours from Miyazaki. Our Nagasaki Bluefin was served at the Japanese Ambassador’s official reception in DC. That is the standard we deliver to your door.
Fish arrives from Japan on Wednesdays. Thursday and Friday are the best days to order — stock is fully replenished right after Wednesday arrival. Popular cuts can sell out by Saturday afternoon.
Enter your address in the item view at checkout — it will confirm whether delivery is available to your location.
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 your door approximately 48 hours from Miyazaki, never frozen, never CO-treated.
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. Occasional cuts include Hohoniku, Kama, Zuniku, and Nakaochi. Availability reflects what arrived from Japan that week — the shop shows current stock in real time.
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. All orders are packed in an insulated bag with a 1 lb+ ice pack. 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.
No advance order required. Walk-ins are welcome any time during hours (daily 11:30 am– 8:00 pm). Same-day online orders for delivery to Tenleytown & AU Park, DC are accepted up to 7:30 pm. Uni and other fast-selling cuts are best ordered earlier in the day.
SakuSaku Flakerie (sakusakuflakerie.com) in Tenleytown makes croissants and Japanese-style enriched breads with craft that feels like a neighborhood bakery in Japan. Keita uses their shokupan for a Bluefin Tuna tamago sando.
Yes. If you already know what they'd like, order at shop.sashimidc.com for same-day delivery to Tenleytown, DC — orders placed by 7:30 pm arrive the same day. If you're not sure which fish to choose, a Sashimi DC Gift Card ($10–$500) lets the recipient pick their own fish and timing, sent instantly by email or text. The Home Sushi Kit ($50) is another popular gift option. Details: sashimidc.com/gift-cards.
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