This is because Japan is surrounded by sea, sea fish resources are very rich, sashimi has thus become one of their representative diet.

When it comes to sashimi, ancient Chinese people have been eating sashimi since the pre-Qin Dynasty. The raw fish at that time was called ? chopped fish? , and there are foods about this food currently can be traced back to the fifth year of King Xuan of Zhou at the earliest. According to ? Ruoxi armor plate? The inscription on this bronze vessel, as well as the inscription in the Book of Songs? Xiao Ya? June", it is known that in the fifth year of King Xuan of the Zhou Dynasty, the army of the Zhou Dynasty, led by Yin Jifu, successfully defeated the Yan tribe. After his triumphant return to China, his friends once received him with a feast, which included the following delicacies? The food prepared at the banquet was "chopped turtles and carp". Among them, there was "chopped carp", which was the most popular dish. chopped carp? The first thing you need to do is to get rid of the carp.

In addition to this record, the book Wu Yue Chun Qiu (Spring and Autumn Annals of Wu and Yue) also mentions that after the army of the state of Wu broke through the Ying capital of the state of Chu, the king of Wu, Helu Lu, also hosted a banquet to congratulate Wu Zixu, who had made great achievements in this attack. The food served at the banquet was chopped fish. This is the earliest record of sashimi being eaten in the south.

Chopped fish, which appeared in the pre-Qin period, was a very common food in ancient China. This food later reached its peak of development during the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty was a time of great prosperity and frequent exchanges between China and the rest of the world. It was during this period that sashimi, which was born in China, spread to Japan. Japan, as an island nation, is surrounded by the sea, which gives the country rich fish resources. Therefore, sashimi spread quickly after it was introduced to Japan. To this day, sashimi has long been one of the representative diets of Japan. In contrast to Japan, China, the birthplace of sashimi, is slowly losing its popularity.

After the Ming and Qing Dynasties, sashimi, once a Chinese specialty, began to fade away. The reason why sashimi fell out of favor in China was that raw, uncooked fish could harbor many parasites. During the Eastern Han Dynasty, Chen Deng became seriously ill and eventually died after eating chopped fish too often. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the number of artificial fish farmed with human and animal feces, as well as wild fish that came into contact with human and animal feces, began to increase. This meant that the number of parasites in sashimi also increased, making it a more dangerous food.

Japan, which is located near the sea, eats mostly saltwater fish, which is less harmful than China. Plus, China has so many ingredients and diets to choose from that even less sashimi won't have much of an effect. That's not the case in Japan, a country that relies on the sea for its food. This country is not only small but also located at a high latitude, so their ingredients are relatively limited. Because of this, sashimi has always been popular in Japan, and they do have an abundance of marine life to make it into.