[Nyororin]

It should definitely be much easier to find and buy boiled octopus than whole raw octopus - so I wouldn`t worry about that. Just buy a pack with the tentacles already firm and red, with the meat opaque white.

Cut that into wedge shaped slices (round, but wider at one side than the other) and mix them in with salad. Octopus goes really well with マリネ type salads as it has a chance to soak up the flavor.