Edomae Nigiri Sushi appears as a signature dish in 1 Japan cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Edomae nigiri sushi · Tokyo
Edomae nigiri is hand-formed sushi as Tokyo invented it in the 1820s: a thumb of vinegared rice, a slice of seasonal fish, a smear of fresh wasabi. Counter-only, omakase.
Hanaya Yohei is credited with shaping the first modern nigiri at his cart in Ryogoku, Edo, in the 1820s. The form spread through the city's wholesale fish markets and survived the 1923 Great Kanto Earthquake when chefs left to teach the style elsewhere in Japan. The 2007 Michelin Tokyo Guide canonised it globally. Today the city holds more starred sushi counters than anywhere on earth, with the apprenticeship lineage from Sukiyabashi Jiro and Ginza Kyubey running through most of them.
Where to eat in Tokyo:
- Sukiyabashi Jiro Honten
- Sushi Yoshitake
- Ginza Kyubey Honten