Japanese people love sashimi.
The conveyor-belt sushi restaurants in my neighborhood are always crowded on holidays.
Bowl of rice topped with sashimi is a traditional Japanese dish called ”Kaisen Don”.
It consists of a bowl of steamed rice topped with a variety of fresh seafood, including slices of raw fish like tuna, salmon, yellowtail, salmon roe etc.
There are many variations of Kaisen Don, and the toppings can be customized according to one’s preference.
For instance, one can add shredded omelets, cucumber, and sesame to the bowl.
Shizuoka is near a fishing port and ”Kaisen Don” looks delicious.
I had the ”Kaisen Don” pictured in this photo in Shizuoka Prefecture.
Thank you for introducing fascinating sushi. Gifu prefecture is a bit far from the seashore, sushi is not very good. I sometimes try "lunch set" in sushi restaurants in Gifu, but am sick of offering >2 maguro (tuna) nigiri; one is enough. Seems like Gifu people place too much value on maguro. And my colleague suggests me that we go the conveyor-belt sushi restaurant in Gero city (farther from the seashore than Gifu city) cause it is better than any others near here. I went there last month and understood.
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DeleteI was surprised that sushi in Gero City is better than sushi in
Gifu City.
The quality of sushi is likely to be affected by the freshness and type of fish and the method of storage although the distance from the ocean is also important.
By the way, according to a survey by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Yamanashi Prefecture, far from the seashore, has the highest number of sushi restaurants per people in Japan.
Gero city has so many hotspring inns and the sushi company also wholesales fresh fish (for sashimi) to them. So the company affords to make quick transport from the pots of Japan Sea, I imagine.
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