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Imagine the way you eat Sushi. Don’t you “dip” a piece into black soy sauce? Or,

atsushijp, 2020年6月28日

Imagine the way you eat Sushi. Don’t you “dip” a piece into black soy sauce? Or, do you like it to be soaked? It took a while to be okay with how people eat Sushi in the U.S. because it is quite different from what I grew up with. For me, Sushi is a piece to enjoy the taste of “seafood”, not “something taste like soy-sauce”. Well… after many years in the U.S., I now enjoy the “Sushi” with many other variations – but I do not identify “the rolls” as “Japanese Sushi”.
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Using Chopsticks, dipping Wasabi on the roll, soak rice into the soy sauce until it changes the color, and celebrate how healthy Sushi is. The usual scenery of Sushi like this is not the standard in Japan. You may know this when you have an experience visiting to Sushi bar in Japan. No chopsticks, no Wasabi to dip, no one “soaks” Sushi to the paddle of soy sauce. ☆
A similar thing happens to Sashiko/Boro. The difference is… The Japanese know what authentic Sushi is because it is already an “established culture”, and Sashiko is too ordinary to be established as a culture. Sushi Culture will be preserved no matter how the rest of the world freely interprets it. For Sashiko, someone has to speak up, and I realize that “someone” is me. It is a freedom of choice to enjoy Sashiko however they like – however, in order to protect the origin, please “doubt” what you know already. ☆
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2002年に留学生として初めて米国の地を踏んで依頼、足掛け10年以上の米国滞在となりました。(途中日本で生活)。お箸を使い、練り固められたわさびを沢山乗っけて、お寿司を食べる。そんな米国で見られる寿司文化。未だに慣れないのは、「お寿司を醤油に沈めてから食べる」風景です。シャリからお醤油が滝のように流れるのを、ぱくっと。それはお醤油の味しかしないんじゃと思いつつ、マグロのたたきにスパイスが入って激辛にしているような感じなので、まぁ最初から違うものだと思うようにしています。
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寿司はSushiになりました。それは、日本国内にしっかりとした寿司文化が残っているから良いと思います。刺し子はどうか。当たり前の針仕事すぎて、日本国内でも文化は確立していません。国内で好みが分かれるのは良いのですが、国外に出て、全く違うものになってしまうのは、やっぱり嫌なんです。お寿司はネタを楽しむもの。醤油を楽しむものじゃない。
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2020-06-28 09:43:15




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Comments (10)

  1. Michele says:
    2020年6月28日 at 1:52 PM

    That is a really lovely, thoughtful analogy.

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  2. しのぶ says:
    2020年6月28日 at 2:41 PM

    ご飯に醤油つけるの❓

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  3. Elena Boas says:
    2020年6月28日 at 2:43 PM

    Yes exactly. So true. Like the French & the names of wines & the regional differences.

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  4. . says:
    2020年6月28日 at 3:53 PM

    🙌🏼

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  5. Kimson Albert says:
    2020年6月28日 at 4:31 PM

    🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

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  6. Amy Blackburn says:
    2020年6月28日 at 4:49 PM

    Hi, love your posts but I have a question… actually lots of questions! I am about to start making a robe jacket from linen scraps. I want the process to be mindful and medative, I want to use scraps and create something beautiful from what would have been wasted. I have never done anything sashiko or boro related but I am inspired by what I have seen and it seems to be inline with my thoughts for this project. However, I would like to use this as an opportunity to learn more about the traditions and background of Sashiko/Boro. Do you have a link to some of the basic history or somewhere I can start?

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  7. kuniami says:
    2020年6月28日 at 11:03 PM

    すごい食べ方…ビックリしますね〜💦
    辛そう〜🤭💦
    そうやって食べるって、思われるのは、複雑なきもちになりますね…。

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  8. Connie Woods says:
    2020年6月29日 at 2:11 AM

    Fantastic comparison!

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  9. Anastasia says:
    2020年7月1日 at 12:56 PM

    If you use the technique, is it better to call it Sashiko-inspired?

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  10. Adrian Harper says:
    2020年7月5日 at 11:12 AM

    Yes awsomev👍👌👏❤️❤️❤️❤️

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