How to pronounce Kakinoha-zushi

Kakinoha-zushi is written 柿の葉寿司 where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /kakinoha zɯɕi/. In plain English letters that is kah-kee-noh-HAH 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 Kakinoha-zushi?

Kakinoha-zushi is a rice dish of Japan. Where it comes from: Nara and Wakayama. People usually eat it at lunch or dinner and on festive days. Its main ingredients are fish and rice. It tastes sour and savory.

Where Kakinoha-zushi comes from

Kakinoha-zushi 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 Kakinoha-zushi in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Kakinoha-zushi:

• 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.