There is talk about what are the best uni, and hands down the best are from Hokkaido. There are two types of uni that you can get from Hokkaido, ‘Ezo-Bafun’ and ‘Kita-Murasaki’, which are recognized as being especially tasty. Despite the name, ‘Bafun’ which means ‘horse dung‘, is very rich in flavor and generally fetches a price as much as $500/box with as few as 10 boxes of this quality reaching the Tokyo market.