salmon jerky; dried salmon; cured salmon
A Hokkaido specialty: salmon fillet that is salted, dried, and often smoked, eaten as a snack or with drinks.
I bought salmon jerky as a souvenir from Hokkaido.
Salmon jerky goes perfectly with alcohol as a snack.
Standard kanji-kana spelling for this food item.
Ateji spelling; rarely used in practice.
The word とば is said to derive from the Ainu word 'tupa' or 'toba', meaning 'dried salmon'. The kanji 冬葉 is ateji and not etymologically related.