Learn The Essential Etiquette For Eating Sushi In Japan With This Infographic

by N/A, 10 years ago | 2 min read

Sushi is not just Japan's most iconic cuisine, rather it is a form of art. An art form that hasn't seemed to catch on exactly as it should here in the United States. There are many rules to eating sushi that Americans are simply unaware of or possibly ignore. For starters, sushi shouldn't be eaten as a starter. Nor should the miso soup that often comes either before or alongside a sushi dish. Yeah, you've been dining on raw fish completely wrong, but thankfully we've got some answers.

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Before you give up on using chopsticks and reach for sushi with your fingers, read this helpful infographic which explains that doing just that is actually totally acceptable.

Also of note on the subject of chopsticks, if you see a splinter and feel inclined to rub them together to get rid of it, those chopsticks are cheaply made. If the chopsticks are cheaply made, what's that say about the sushi you're about to eat? Anyway, I'll digress on the subject of chopsticks, because there is much, much more to be learned about all the ins-and-outs of proper sushi dining.

The Swissotel Nankai hotel in Osaka offers up every explanation sushi patrons need from creating, to ordering, to properly dining and even how to respectfully tip.

So, now you know: stop drowning every piece of sushi you get in soy sauce, and definitely do NOT add wasabi to the soy you plan on using for every dish. Quit being an ill-informed, rude American diner and start eating sushi the way it was intended to be consumed.

Now, get out there and start ordering, eating and paying for sushi like you actually know what you're doing.

We assume the above gif is lacking in wasabi for that matter.