How to pronounce Funazushi

Funazushi is written 鮒寿司 where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /ɸɯnazɯɕi/. In plain English letters that is foo-nah-ZOO-shee, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Funazushi?

Funazushi is a rice dish of Japan. Where it comes from: Lake Biwa, Shiga. People usually eat it on festive days. Its main ingredients are fish and rice. It tastes sour and savory.

Where Funazushi comes from

Funazushi is one of 65 signature dishes of Japan on this map.

• Sushi 寿司 · Main dish · Edo (Tokyo)

  Sushi began as a way to keep fish, not as a fresh delicacy.

• Ramen ラーメン · Noodles & pasta · Tokyo and Yokohama

  Ramen arrived with Chinese cooks.

• Okonomiyaki お好み焼き · Street food · Osaka and Hiroshima

  The name means "grilled as you like it", and that is the whole idea: a batter of wheat flour and shredded cabbage cooked on a hot iron plate with whatever the cook has, then brushed with a thick sweet-savoury sauce, mayonnaise, seaweed flakes and bonito.

• Tempura 天ぷら · Main dish · Edo (Tokyo)

  Deep-frying in batter came to Japan with Portuguese traders and missionaries who reached Nagasaki in the 16th century.

• Jingisukan ジンギスカン · Main dish · Hokkaido

  Jingisukan, named after Genghis Khan, is grilled mutton or lamb cooked on a dome-shaped iron pan.

• Ishikari nabe 石狩鍋 · Soup & stew · Ishikari, Hokkaido

  Ishikari-nabe is a Hokkaido hot pot of fresh salmon simmered in a miso broth.

Food of Japan

Dishes like Funazushi in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Funazushi:

• Heotjesatbap 헛제삿밥 · Rice dish · North Gyeongsang, South Korea

  Heotjesatbap means "mock ancestral rite meal".

• Pastil · Rice dish · Maguindanao, Philippines

  Pastil is steamed rice wrapped in a banana leaf with dry, shredded chicken, beef or fish.

• Nasi kerabu · Rice dish · Kelantan and Terengganu, Malaysia

  Nasi kerabu is a Malay rice dish from the east coast states of Kelantan and Terengganu, also eaten in the provinces of southern Thailand, where it is called khao yam.

• Hamsili pilav · Rice dish · Trabzon and Rize, Türkiye

  Hamsili pilav is a dome of rice cooked with currants, pine nuts and spices, wrapped in a layer of opened anchovies and baked.