Despite having "white" in their name, the raw flesh of this shrimp type can range in color from translucent white to reddish-brown. Once it gets cooked, however, it turns white with a pink tinge.

The first autumn auctions of Sakura shrimp were held in Japan's Shizuoka Prefecture on Tuesday. The cherry-blossom pink crustaceans are a specialty of the prefecture's Suruga Bay.