How to pronounce Masu-zushi

Masu-zushi is written ますのすし where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /masɯzɯɕi/. In plain English letters that is mah-soo-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 Masu-zushi?

Masu-zushi is a rice dish of Japan. Where it comes from: Toyama. People usually eat it at lunch or dinner. Its main ingredients are fish and rice. It tastes sour and savory.

Where Masu-zushi comes from

Masu-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 Masu-zushi in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Masu-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 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.