Speaking of the world's three major inventions, "gunpowder," "printing," and "compass." However, some Americans who love Japanese food should add "sushi" to this to make it one of the four great inventions in the world. (Note: Independent survey by eating food)

Americans who like sushi so much. However, from the perspective of Japanese people, it is often the case that the way of eating is misunderstood.

For example, a common misconception is that you have eaten a "sushi set meal" with the same etiquette as a "full-course meal of Western cuisine."

People who make this mistake first eat "gari" as a "salad" at a sushi restaurant, then drink "miso soup" as a "soup", and then pinch "sushi" as a "main dish".

With this way of eating, it's hard to reach the sushi you're looking for. When I see an American who desperately struggles to eat sushi and has a painful expression on his face, he is filled with the feeling, "Tell me somebody!".

Iwata Ryoko, who lives in Seattle, is one of the kind Japanese people who wanted to give the correct information to an American who made such a mistake. We have released an infographic "8 Things worth knowing about eating Sushi (Japanese / English version) " that introduces how to eat sushi to Americans.


This infographic provides tips and etiquette for eating sushi. For example, in the "order of ordering to maximize the taste of jealousy", start with pale white meat and then order the shiny food. Gradually proceed to deep-tasting foods such as lean meat, and finally eat a fatty tuna and have an egg as a dessert. The basics of how to order are introduced.


This is natural for Japanese people, but there are really many Americans who do not know it. One of my friends is an American at a sushi restaurant who ordered "20 yokan" and ate only that much, and was hated by craftsmen. By the way, "Yokan" means "lean tuna". It looks like yokan, so he calls it that way.


The infographic also introduces how to add soy sauce, the meaning of adding ginger to sushi, and what to do if you add too much wasabi. If you have a stuffy nose with wasabi, you should breathe through your nose. I didn't know!


Iwata Ryoko's infographic has attracted the attention of Americans who are interested in food. For example, when it was introduced on the US food site Foodbeast, it was liked by more than 700 readers in less than two weeks after its release.


Infographics like " 8 Things worth knowing about eating Sushi " cannot be created just by knowing the correct way to eat sushi. When Americans eat sushi, they also need to know where they stumble. Isn't there a surprisingly small number of people who know both of these? People like Iwata are very valuable people.

I hope Iwata will continue to make infographics and guide 300 million lost Americans to the right sushi path.