Sasa sushi (sasazushi)

Sasa sushi (sasazushi) introduction

Sasazushi is a type of sushi in which sushi rice and sushi seeds are wrapped in kumazasa leaves, and is a local dish handed down in the Hokushinetsu region. Sasa sushi made in Niigata prefecture is a dish filled with sushi rice on top of bear bamboo leaves and topped with ingredients and condiments. It is a dish full of seasonal sensations using locally grown vegetables. It is said that it originated from the fact that Uesugi Kenshin's army put rice on bamboo instead of a vessel deep in the mountains during the war against Takeda Shingen during the Sengoku period.

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• NameSasa sushi (sasazushi)
• Area Niigata
• Kind of food Sushi

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