How to pronounce Hitsumabushi

Hitsumabushi is written ひつまぶし where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /çitsɯmabɯɕi/. In plain English letters that is hee-tsoo-mah-BOO-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 Hitsumabushi?

Hitsumabushi is a rice dish of Japan. Where it comes from: Nagoya, Aichi. People usually eat it at lunch or dinner and on festive days. Its main ingredients are fish and rice. It tastes savory and sweet.

Where Hitsumabushi comes from

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

• Miso katsu 味噌カツ · Main dish · Nagoya, Aichi

  Miso katsu is a breaded pork cutlet covered with a miso sauce, and it is widely served in and around Nagoya.

• 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.

Food of Japan

Dishes like Hitsumabushi in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Hitsumabushi:

• 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 dagang · Rice dish · Terengganu and Kelantan, Malaysia

  Nasi dagang, "trader's rice", is rice steamed in coconut milk and served with fish curry and extras such as pickled cucumber and carrot.

• 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.