Sushi and sashimi are perhaps the foods most associated with Japan. They are now massively popular overseas. The world seems to have been taken over by the sushi craze. You will find sushi in Japan to be a little more fishy than the Californian Rolls, Teriyaki Chicken, and other hybrids you find overseas.

Sushi in Japan comes as Nigiri-zushi ,which is a wee hand-shaped oblong ball of sushi rice with a small slab of raw fish on it. Or Maki-Zushi, which is sushi rice wrapped in seaweed with a topping (usually fish). Maki-zushi can be divided into Te-maki which is usually wrapped loosely by hand into a sort of conical shape, or Rooruzushi, which is sushi rolled into the kind of pipe shape we are all so used to.

Sashimi is just raw fish or shell fish sliced thinly and served fresh with garnish and soy sauce. Kaitenzushi (revolving sushi) is usually the cheaper than individually owned sushi restaurants. This does not mean that they don’t taste good though. Like anything there is good and bad. Look for ones with long lines as this means that they are popular and the fish will be relatively fresh.

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