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All the description about Japanese food ...tools and equipment and herbs and spices used in JApanese Cuisine............................................................
All the description about Japanese food ...tools and equipment and herbs and spices used in JApanese Cuisine............................................................
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The Asia-Pacific Journal | Japan Focus Volume 9 | Issue 5 | Number 2 | Jan 24, 2011
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Sushi Reverses Course: Consuming American Sushi in Tokyo
寿司逆流−−東京におけるアメリカ風寿司
Rumi Sakamoto, Matthew Allen
Sushi Reverses Course: Consuming
American Sushi in Tokyo
Matthew Allen and Rumi Sakamoto
Introduction
Sushi, not long ago a quintessentially Japanese
product, has gone global. Japanese food, and
sushi in particular, has experienced a surge in
international popularity in recent decades.
Japanese government estimates that outside of
J a p a n t h e r e a r e o v e r 2 0 , 0 0 0 J a p a n e s e
restaurants, most of which either specialize in
sushi or serve sushi (MAFF 2006; Council of
Advisors 2007).1 Some estimate the number of
overseas sushi bars and restaurants to be
between 14,000 and 18,000 (in comparison, the
number of sushi restaurants in Japan is
estimated to be around 45,000) (Matsumoto
2002: 2). Sushi stores today can be found
across Asia, the Americas, Europe, Russia,
A f r i c a , O c e a n i a a n d t h e P a c i f i c . T h e
phenomenon has accelerated rapidly since the
turn of the millennium.
While sushi’s global expansion has attracted
the attention of Japanese and global media
(Kato 2002; Matsumoto 2002; Tamamura 2004;
Ikezawa 2005; Fukue 2010) and a number of
scholarly works address sushi’s global
popularity and its transformation outside Japan
(Bestor 2000; Ng 2001; Cwiertka 1999; 2005;
2006),2 little scholarly or journalistic work
exists on one important facet of sushi’s recent
global growth — namely, the return home of
transformed sushi to Japan, at times in barely
recognisable forms. This paper offers an
analysis of this “reverse import (gyaku yunyū)”
phenomenon and its specific expression in what
we refer to as “American sushi” in Tokyo as a
contribution toward assessing culinary
globalisation. The nascent American sushi
trend brings into relief aspects of Japan-US
relations that are seldom articulated in the
context of discourse about food – in particular
the continued symbolic dominance of the US in
Japanese eyes;3 and it also is emblematic of
how Japan engages aspects of globalisation, in
this case fetishising a mundane product that
has become something new in its reimported
form. By focusing on this relatively recent
phenomenon we also aim to contribute to and
complicate the contemporary arguments that
characterise cultural globalisation as a
unilineal process of hybridisation, often
through localisation.
Using the cases of two high profile “American”
sushi restaurants in Tokyo, we show that the
Japanese reflexive consumption of “America”
demonstrates that the sign of otherness
remains a significant factor in framing
domestic consumption. The return “home” of
the transformed product that is at once both
familiar and exotic occupies a different
s ...
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Sushi Reverses Course: Consuming American Sushi in Tokyo
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Rumi Sakamoto and Matthew Allen
January 24, 2011
Volume 9 | Issue 5 | Number 2
Sushi Reverses Course: Consuming American Sushi in Tokyo
Matthew Allen and Rumi Sakamoto
Introduction
Sushi, not long ago a quintessentially Japanese product, has gone global. Japanese food, and sushi in particular, has experienced a surge in international
popularity in recent decades. Japanese government estimates that outside of Japan there are over 20,000 Japanese restaurants, most of which either
specialize in sushi or serve sushi (MAFF 2006; Council of Advisors 2007).1 Some estimate the number of overseas sushi bars and restaurants to be between
14,000 and 18,000 (in comparison, the number of sushi restaurants in Japan is estimated to be around 45,000) (Matsumoto 2002: 2). Sushi stores today can be
found across Asia, the Americas, Europe, Russia, Africa, Oceania and the Pacific. The phenomenon has accelerated rapidly since the turn of the millennium.
While sushi’s global expansion has attracted the attention of Japanese and global media (Kato 2002; Matsumoto 2002; Tamamura 2004; Ikezawa 2005; Fukue
2010) and a number of scholarly works address sushi’s global popularity and its transformation outside Japan (Bestor 2000; Ng 2001; Cwiertka 1999; 2005;
2006),2 little scholarly or journalistic work exists on one important facet of sushi’s recent global growth — namely, the return home of transformed sushi to
Japan, at times in barely recognisable forms. This paper offers an analysis of this “reverse import (gyaku yunyū)” phenomenon and its specific expression
in what we refer to as “American sushi” in Tokyo as a contribution toward assessing culinary globalisation. The nascent American sushi trend brings into
relief aspects of Japan-US relations that are seldom articulated in the context of discourse about food – in particular the continued symbolic dominance of
the US in Japanese eyes;3 and it also is emblematic of how Japan engages aspects of globalisation, in this case fetishising a mundane product that has
become something new in its reimported form. By focusing on this relatively recent phenomenon we also aim to contribute to and complicate the
contemporary arguments that characterise cultural globalisation as a unilineal process of hybridisation, often through localisation.
Using the cases of two high profile “American” sushi restaurants in Tokyo, we show that the Japanese reflexive consumption of “America” demonstrates
that the sign of otherness remains a significant factor in framing domestic consumption. The return “home” of the transformed product that is at once both
familiar and exotic occupies a different symbolic space to the ideas formalised in the so-called “McDonaldisation” (Ritzer 1993) of global producti.
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The newer version of this, with Mark Mulligan's pyramid, can be found at: https://www.slideshare.net/jdresner/two-things-about-history
You can find the original "Two Things" page at http://www.csun.edu/~dgw61315/thetwothings.html
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4. Prosperity and Culture
• "Dishes that we think of as traditional Japanese
cuisine, such as tempura, soba, sushi, and unagi no
kabayaki (eel broiled with a soy sauce seasoning) all
date from the Tokugawa period but were eaten around
the entire country after the Restoration." (Hansen,
161)
• "There is no real evidence in the Meiji period of any
transition to a diet that included new types of
Western-influenced foods." (Hansen 163)
6. Rise of Beriberi (Thiamin Deficiency)
"People consumed
increasing amounts
of
tea, fruit, sugar, and
soy sauce, and more
people dined out.
The demand for
seasoning rose as
people at more white
rice.... with increased
use of polished
rice, the demand for
soy sauce rose."
7. Ichiju Issai
• "The pattern for ordinary meals was ... ichiju issai:
'one soup and one vegetable.' ... rice, miso soup, and
pickles, but sometimes other simple dishes would be
added. ... only during the Meiji period that most
Japanese, including farmers, commonly ate this type
of meal with all of the elements served separately
and not as a form of stew or gruel." (Hansen, 163)
14. Military Food
"Biscuits were introduced during the Sino-Japanese War
and, after the Russo-Japanese War, were produced in
large quantity. The army also introduced beef, calling it
yamato-ni (Japanese stew) to overcome the
negativeassociations red meat would have for soldiers
from the country. Beer, first brought in from England in
1868, was produced in Japan within a decade and
consumed by bureaucrats and the military alike. After
serving in the army, country boys returned home with a
taste for new foods and cooking methods." (Hansen
165)
25. The Fortune Cookie Controversy
• Fortune cookies become popular along with Chinese
restaurants: WWII military travel through SF and
LA, Honolulu, spreads Chinese food.
• Japanese expulsion from west coast in WWII means
that only some speciality shops survived, including
bakeries, but Japanese food didn't spread.
• No real Chinese equivalents
• Japanese fortune-telling and cookie-baking traditions
32. Global Sushi
• Vinegar and sugar rice with fish becomes popular in
Japanese cities in late 1600s
• Japanese restaurants in the US West, but not
popular
• 1970s, with rise of Japanese economy and health
food fads, sees West coast sushi become popular
• Spreads to other major cities in 1980s.
• New Global Ingredients: mayonaise, avocado, cream
cheese, spicy sauces
38. Sources
• Pictures by Jonathan Dresner
– http://flickr.com/photos/jondresner
• Jennifer 8. Lee, "Solving a Riddle Wrapped in a
Mystery Inside a Cookie," NYT, 16 January 2008
– http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/16/dining/16fort.html
• Crocheted Sushi by Karin McAdams
• Susan Hanley, Everyday Things in Premodern
Japan: The Hidden Legacy of Material
Culture, UCP, 1997