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By: On Making Ice Cream Out of Plastic in Japan | This Japanese Life. | 生命を外面九天です

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 13:35:12 +0000

[...] together under the guidance of a single sampuru sempai. And like any other art in Japan – take sushi, for example – sampuru started to coalesce around a certain technique, gradually [...]

By: 9 More Foods to Try (Or Try to Avoid) in Japan | This Japanese Life. | 生命を外面九天です

Sun, 20 Nov 2011 15:22:12 +0000

[...] 4. Kaitenzushi　 This is just sushi, on a conveyor belt. I wrote 1,500 words about it here. [...]

By: On Sumo | すもう | This Japanese Life. | 生命を外面九天です

On Sumo | すもう | This Japanese Life. | 生命を外面九天です — Wed, 22 Dec 2010 12:53:30 +0000

[...] cleanup duties and other menial tasks, which is common in any traditional Japanese craft (consider Sushi chefs). Life is not [...]

By: On Eating French Fries in Japan | フライドポテトがたべマス | This Japanese Life. | 生命を外面九天です

Mon, 15 Nov 2010 11:24:14 +0000

[...] ordered french fries at a kaitenzushi place and discovered that the caloric value of a standard, small french-fry was about a third of the [...]

By: Chris B

Chris B — Fri, 15 Oct 2010 08:51:53 +0000

Er….
I love California rolls AND the real deal.

By: owwls

owwls — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 02:39:13 +0000

The places I’ve seen in Fukuoka City are by and large Kaiten places. Not saying others don’t exist, but I’m stunned they aren’t as visible as Kaiten. I’d love recommendations, if you have them!

By: Emily

Emily — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 02:03:57 +0000

If you think you’re in a region from which sushi is “pretty much absent,” you just haven’t looked hard enough for the small, family-run, hole-in-the-wall sushi places that serve the freshest fish on warm, hand-shaped rice. Fukuoka has the second largest fish market in Japan, and you can get pretty much any type of fish you like. I think the whole sushi culture here is very different from America- it’s not really trendy, or glamorous, unless you’re hitting up one of the Tokyo restaurants of a world-renowned sushi chef who charges you 3man for 10 pieces of hand-selected sushi. I think sushi is certainly a big step up from izakaya culture, but it’s often saved for celebrations, family gatherings, or intimate get-togethers (from my experience, going to sushi with Japanese people).

Real sushi is alive and well in Fukuoka, it’s just not as showy as the locally famous cuisines :) If you want recommendations, let me know!