Generally speaking, Kanto is called SASIMI and Kansai is called Dadu. Kanto likes sashimi made from red fish such as tuna, while Kansai likes white fish such as snapper.
Sashimi with meat. It can be said that it is precisely because Japan is an island country surrounded by the sea that fishing is easy and sashimi culture is very developed. There are also cases where fresh birds, cows and horses are made into raw meat slices to eat.
Sashimi is a symbolic food, eaten raw from fresh fish pieces.
Generally speaking, Kanto is called SASIMI and Kansai is called Dadu. Kanto likes sashimi made from red fish such as tuna, while Kansai likes white fish such as snapper.
Sashimi with meat. It can be said that it is precisely because Japan is an island country surrounded by the sea that fishing is easy and sashimi culture is very developed. There are also cases where fresh birds, cows and horses are made into raw meat slices to eat.
A dish with fins.
Sashimi has been the center of Japanese cuisine since ancient times. The menu of traditional cooking depends on what is used to make sashimi to decide cooking and barbecue. In short, sashimi affects the overall situation of the menu.
At first, all kinds of fish pieces were put on the plate, regardless of the color of the fish. In order to easily distinguish fins from fish pieces, the word sashimi comes from this. Later, the habit of inserting fins disappeared, and the name "sashimi" has been passed down to this day.
In addition, in the Wu era, the word "cut" was associated with "cut" (beheading), so "sashimi" was not called "cut" to avoid taboo. Also, because the name "sashimi" is associated with "body stab" (stabbing into a person's body), it is considered unlucky, so it has become a "royal work" in Kansai.
It is said that the prototype of sashimi began in Kamakura era. Initially, it was a fast food for fishermen to slice fish raw. At that time, there was no soy sauce, so I cut the fish into small pieces and ate them with vegetables and shredded ginger. After entering the muromachi era, with
With the appearance and popularization of soy sauce, it has evolved into a way of eating soy sauce with green mustard. But because soy sauce was still very high-grade, only people with higher status could eat it. Sashimi is very popular among ordinary people in sauces.
The end of the edo period after the popularization of oil. Even a stall named "Sashimi House" (sashimi shop), which specializes in sashimi, has become popular in Edo City. Sashimi is now famous as a representative Japanese cuisine.