Ultimate Fighting Match of Top Sushi Chefs

Introduction:

If memory serves me right, “Nigiri” style sushi dates from the Edo era. Sushi was fast food for the common folk to pick up from vendors, and was called “Edo-mae-zushi.” The artistic harmony between seafood and vinegared rice. Sushi has now become the ultimate international Japanese food.

I also love sushi. And I think it’s about time we had a sushi battle. So it is that actor and film director Naoto Takenaka has strongly recommended to me a particular sushi bar.
A chef who take pride in being in the vanguard of Edo-mae style, which has a tradition of 180 years. Maximizing the flavors of seafood in season. Sounds good. Come in and show us that.

Today’s challenger: an evangelist of Edo-style sushi. Owner of Sushi-sho in Yotsuya. Chef Keiji Kakazawa. He entered this field at age 15. During the first 10 years, he apprenticed at many top sushi bars. And at Kyubei, one of the top sushi bars in Ginza, he completed this training. And at only 30, he opened his own place, Sushi-sho in Yotsuya, to carry on the tradition of Edo style sushi. Nakazawa’s works are fusions of traditional and modern ideas. They speak of the heart of Edo culture.

Takenaka visited the challenger to loosen him up before the battle. Now, Nakazawa! Use your skills that Takenaka trusts and show us what Edo food culture is all about!