What is Wagyu beef?
{{complex|date=January 2024}} [[File:WagyuStripSteak (8324549421).jpg|thumb|Wagyu Beef]] '''Wagyu beef''' is the [[beef]] that comes from the [[Japan|Japanese]] [[Wagyu cattle]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=What is Wagyu? {{!}} American Wagyu Association|url=https://wagyu.org/breed-info/what-is-wagyu|access-date=2021-05-26|website=wagyu.org}}</ref> It is very expensive and regarded as one of the best slices of beef.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Kim|first=Jack Houston, Irene Anna|title=The rarest steak in the world can cost over $300. Here's why wagyu beef is so expensive.|url=https://www.businessinsider.com/wagyu-beef-steak-cows-from-japan-so-expensive-2019-8|access-date=2021-05-26|website=Business Insider|language=en-US}}</ref> There is a lot of [[Meat marbling|marbling]] in the [[meat]], which means that there are streaks of fat within the red meat which makes the meat [[Meat tenderness|tenderer]] and moister, while adding flavor. Sometimes the Wagyu beef is called different things based on where it is from. Some examples include [[Kobe beef]], [[Matsusaka beef]], or [[Omi beef]]. There are 9 prefectures that raise Wagyu cattle, [[Miyazaki Prefecture]], [[Hokkaido]], [[Kagoshima Prefecture]], [[Shiga Prefecture]], [[Miyagi Prefecture]], [[Gifu Prefecture]], [[Kumamoto Prefecture]], [[Hyogo Prefecture]], and [[Kagawa Prefecture]].<ref>{{cite news|title= HOLY GRAIL'S COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO JAPANESE WAGYU|url= https://holygrailsteak.com/blogs/the-art-of-steak/holy-grails-comprehensive-guide-to-japanese-wagyu|website= holygrailsteak.com |publisher= Holygrail steak|date= 19 July 2022}} </ref> {{OSM Location map | coord={{coord| 36.2048|138.2529}} | float= right| zoom = 7 | width = 400 | height = 300 | shape1=n-circle | shape-color1=dark blue | shape-outline1=white | mark-coord1 = {{coord|32.266333508682195|131.31614470896602|}} | mark-title1 = Miyazaki Prefecture | mark-coord2 = {{coord|43.30667680149197|142.56150927877414|}} | mark-title2 = Hokkaido | mark-coord3 = {{coord|31.489048011765455|130.55934227516116|}} | mark-title3