Persimmon Sushi Experience - Nara

What is a Persimmon Leaf Sushi? Persimmon leaf sushi is one of Nara's local dishes. Bite size rice balls are topped with salted mackerel and wrapped in a persimmon leaf. Each piece is then put into a wooden box and pressed with a heavy stone to ferment for a few days.

When refrigerators were not around, this was a special dish the people in the mountains enjoyed during summer festivals.

Currently, persimmon leaf sushi uses rice with vinegar to simplify the fermentation process. The classic fish was the mackerel, but lately salmon, red snapper, shrimp, eel and other types of toppings are used.

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