Tokyo Sushi Chef’s Food Art | Saiku SUSHI Story ★ ONLY in JAPAN
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- This variety of sushi is a lost art and unknown outside Japan. The elaborate designs and use of the ingredients create beauty from food. This is SAIKU SUSHI and was quite popular in the Showa era but has sadly disappeared. Today, Yuki Sugeta and his sushi apprentice Issei Meguro from Takasago Sushi in Tokyo will prepare over a dozen designs of sushi in the shape of seasonal flowers, fish and animals like 75 years ago. When you eat sushi, you're not just eating raw fish on rice - you're eating the years of experience each chef has practiced their craft, perfecting it so you come back for more.
Tokyo's Sushi restaurants are competitive, I'll be back not just because the sushi is excellent - it is - but because the chef is friendly - and speaks a little English too :)
Where is Takasago Sushi?
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Call ahead for reservations - takeout is available.
URL: www.takasagosushi.co.jp/
Thank you Yuki, Yoshi and Issei for your wonderful hospitality!
00:00 Start
00:37 What is Saiku Sushi?
02:11 Eat a Sushi Rabbit
03:06 Making a Saiku Sushi Flower
04:44 Micro Sushi
05:13 Origin of Chef's Creativity
05:55 Salmon Flower
06:48 Sushi Apprentice Interview
08:06 History of Saiku Sushi
09:09 Ume Blossom Sushi Design
10:42 Goldfish Sushi "see-through" Design
11:37 Maguro Tuna Chrysanthemum
12:53 Panning shot of all Sushi
13:32 The Chef Winks ;)
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What was your favorite Saiku Sushi? Ever heard of this traditional style before? Let me know your thoughts below and I’ll PIN 📍 the best one to the top tonight! -John ٩(^‿^)۶ SUSHI SUSHI 🍣
Sakura & koi! 😍
While they're all so creative, the Bell Flower is just so visually satisfying with its symmetry that it wins my top pick. I've never heard of this style before. Thanks for sharing! 🍣
The carp was pretty spectacular!
I usually bring up Google Maps to mark places I want to visit next time I come to Japan, but this is the first sushi restaurant that is added to my Want to visit list, making it the 300th for Japan.
So now I am at 302 in total with the other two being Nordkapp, the nothernmost mainland point in Europe and Treriksröset where the borders of Sweden, Norway and Finland meet. Those two I can visit this summer as long as I get vaccinated, but the vaccination program in Sweden is going slowly right now for various reasons.
The koi by far!
Chef is right. Serving the same tuna can be boring, but changing the looks of it is like entertainment for the eyes. Being the foodie that I am, I noticed that chef is extremely artistic without all the modernist cooking and the molecular gastronomy techniques i.e. foams, gels, sous vide, and liquid nitrogen. He's using his imagination, all natural ingredients, and his knife skills. That's it. Excellent story on the chef and great video.
The rabbit looked like it was drinking the soy sauce. Great video.
The carp too!
So impressive! both the chef but also John bringing it out to us viewers!
That sushi was truly a work of art. Props to the chef for perfecting it over the years and creating such beautiful and elegant pieces of sushi. Thank you for showing it to us John!
That was a fun episode. The fact that the process to make decorative sushi is intensive and the chef is patient shows proof that the chef loves his job. Keep up this enthusiasm.👍👍👍
This is like a Venn diagram where the sushi crafting, model making and food art groups all intersect. I'd feel really guilty about eating it.
Wow this was such a fun video! My favorite was the micro sushi! I will 1000% go to that restaurant on my next visit! Watching the chef make that Hydrangea was mesmerizing! Awesome video John!
I once worked in a Japanese restaurant in my younger days and we were the only restaurant that served tataki sushi. We got criticized by other Japanese restaurants that said we don't know what we're doing since nobody served tataki sushi. I met John there one day on Maui. I'm sure John enjoyed it.
Wowww!! I didn't know this kind of sushi!! Thanks John for this video!! I will try this the next time I go back to Japan 🇯🇵
Beautiful artwork! The micro sushi is insane! (In the good sense, of course!) I loved all the designs, can't pick a favorite. :)
Now I remember why the restaurant feels so familiar! This was the same restaurant as the micro sushi from ur old video which i really enjoyed watching way back. 🍣 This is an upgraded version though: much more in-depth and informative yet still as fun as watch! I just realized, even though i was already impressed with ur old videos, the quality, story-telling of ur new videos has really been upgraded too (just an opinion from a non-mass communication, non-techie person but just an ordinary-salary/frontliner-person who-takes-a-break-by-watching-you-tube-videos person like me). It reminds me that I should always aspire to continue to improve myself even though i/we feel we am/are already doing awesome in our own crafts. As for the vid, thanks again! It was fun to watch!
Too beautiful to eat. Definitely a feast for the eyes.
Everything you ate looked so good! I just love sushi in general and enjoy going to sushi restaurants where the sushi chef will make whatever he feels like making. It's like doing a sushi unboxing. Haha. Thank you for sharing this John! Loved every second of it!
Beautiful sushi! The Chef has amazing talent to be able to not only dream of these designs but to make them as well! I especially love the colors and details.
Sushi dining in a high-end restaurant costs an arm and a leg, so I ate sushi from department store food floors and convenience store outlets. However, one can marvel at the ingenuity of this sushi chef and his creations. Another great episode of ONLY IN JAPAN. Thank you John.
You can see the chef truly has so much passion for serving sushi. Thanks for sharing, John!
Yuki and his team certainly make this culinary art experience a privilege to witness, requiring adept fine motor skills similar to a surgeon. Loved the akami chrysanthemum. And the micro sushi - kawaii ne! 🍣😋
I'm continually amazed by how creative and inventive some people are. It blows my mind what passionate and talented people are able to create.
This sushi looked way too good to eat.
I must admit I am not an avid sushi eater, “BUT” I do appreciate beauty. The skill, the pride, the obvious amount of time and dedication invested in the presentation of each piece not only encouraged me to hit the “like button” but the subscribe one as well. Can’t wait to see what else you have in store for a non traveler to experience vicariously through your many adventures. I throughly enjoyed this!
I love how this shows the artistic integrity and the risk one needs to take to make next level sushi.
friday night, and another Only in japan video from john, now this is the life :D
And people ask me why I *LOVE* Japan, it's the cuisine and how artistic it can get! As someone who went to culinary school and have 13+ years of restaurant experience and I gotta say food is art, but I agree, they DO look like little pastries!
Great video, John. I want to go to this restaurant the next I go to Japan.
It's always an enthusiastic moment to watch the sushi chef enjoying each part of his handcraft 👌🏻
Great video John video just show how great Japanese are to basic sushi and up it to 11👍
One of my favorites from you. Thank you!
Another fantastic, informative, and beautifully put together episode!
Love your work, John!
Thank you and it’s great to see you here ^_^
“I’m basically eating the chef’s experience.” On point! I’m a new subscriber and I got hooked by the way you express yourself so succinctly. Your passion for anything Japanese shines through.
I wish you were able t hire a crew sufficient to upload more frequently than you currently do; it's a shame that such a high-quality channel about Japan is only able to upload about one month or so. At any rate, I love the content. Keep up the good work!
It’ll increase once places open up more to access for filming. I don’t want to do videos about the situation now in this channel but count of 2-4 times a month soon!!
@@onlyinjapan Sounds good!
I never heard of this special sushi. Yuki Sugeta was so talented. His sushi was beautiful!
That’s the most pretty sushi I had ever seen 🥺🧡. I want to try Yuki San sushi, can’t wait to go to Japan 🙌🏻
So much beautifully crafted sushi! I love the rabbit. Can't wait to sample it for myself... Some day soon!
Great video John! I haven't watched it yet but I know it will great! 😂
Fantastic vid John EDIBLE ART!!!!! 🍣
That koi was so creative looked spot on!!!!👌🏻
( I remember that micro sushi vid long ago too! 👍🏻
great production as always mr john keep it up
What a lovely chef! No insufferable ego anywhere to be found, just a fun guy sharing his skills ^^
Just enjoyed this video while eating some sushi! Wow Yuki-san is very talented. The intricate slices on the tiny cucumbers pieces blew me away...as did the beautiful display of sushi. It is 100% an art.
Once again a wonderful episode! Heartiest Congratulations to you! 💐
You have eaten art.
Thank you, John, for sharing your very interesting video about sushi with us.
🍣Sushi is ♥️‼️Simple fresh, amazing and elegant art of beauty of each creative sushi made by the Chef 👨🍳 Yuki. Thank you 😊 John, this episode is truly a delight to watch. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
The mastery of sushi food art by Chef Yuki-san is so impressive! Eating the sushi Yuki-san made is living his experience and watching this video is experiencing Japan through John's eyes! Awesome 🤩
There is something truly praise worthy about the fact he accepts the wide variety of tastes and appeal for sushi in Japan. I'd imagine he probably gets some negative remarks from the more purist types of sushi chefs but, just like traditional sushi, what he does is literally art. Respect and master/hone the traditional forms, but that doesn't mean you can't expand out from there and find more ways to perfect your art. Even the traditional forms have a history of adding new things to it.
It is totally showing the true essence of Japanese gourmet food. Excellent food is not just the smell, colour, taste and freshness, , just by looking at the video I can feel the chief's spirit injected into the food, this is a very very important element. Hope to see more of such videos, it really makes my day. Thank you very much John.
This is right up my alley, I love sushi, and I appreciate art, what better way to enjoy both
the micro sushi blew me away! so fun!
I don't think Sushi is the most tasty of all foods, but I like it and presented like this even more.
Thanks John for uploading this documentary. I enjoyed and I found it very interesting this episode. The chef is very creative and it looks delicious. yummy. I will visit this restaurant when I visit Tokyo and will enjoy the sushi. Stay safe. 🙏
I'm watching this as i am getting ready to tuck in a Burrito.. Top choice video!!
I'll get you for this John.
Such skill and talent! The koi was super cute! Wonderful episode!
this was awesome, i had no idea something like this existed, i mean i know i should have, the japanese are extremely artistic and freespirited when it comes to designing food, i had just never seen it done with sushi! thank you so much for sharing this!
That sushi looked really cool! Almost gives you a reason to play with your food!
So awesome. You always hear about and see, especially in Japan, the absolute mastery of sushi-making, but this just goes to show there’s a skill much beyond that. It really is a form of art.
On another note, the videography and production value of this documentary is great! Loved the framing of each plate with each individual piece, and the profile of you trying each one with the backdrop of the master and apprentice working and/or enjoying seeing you try the results of their work.
Those micro sushis looks great , and the skill that the chef made those is absolutely amazing 👍!!! He is truly artist and the shape of those , some of them look like an animal , that’s nice 👍!!! Arigato for this fun video !!!
Such beautiful sushi! Thanks John!
This sushi is too beautiful to eat! I just don't think I could eat it. Really a form of art for sure
I wouldn't even have the heart to eat those beautiful creations. Great video as always...Only in Japan indeed!
Interesting episode. We first eat with our eyes, second with our nose and last with our mouth . That's why I like Japanese food.
Great vid., John! Thanks!
i love the hydrangea and rabbit saiku sushi! its amazing to see sushi prepared in such a decorative way. thats for sharing John!
You’re welcome ^_^
So artistic creations, beautiful craftsmanship. For future topics would love to see: I) Tokyo mega maintenance tunnel beneath the city (saw it on NatGeo once) II) Home recycling system + visit to recycling facility (automation level?) III) Unique characteristics of japanese driving culture/rules (maybe combining with the rental car process)
Such an interesting episode. Transforming such a simple dish with his own twist on it to further enhance the presentation of an otherwise same food. As a fellow crafts hobbyist, this was a joy to watch.
I know it's still food but plating and presentation is very much part of the delivery.
Awesome episode, John.
God I love your videos like this over the years, please keep making more, they are amazing!!!!
Those are mazing skills! Very artistic indeed! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Traditional yet adopting to change
This video about sushi is really awesome! I love the 'Gold Fish' sushi crafting! Thumb up to Chef Yuki & his apprentice for doing their great work on preparing & presenting the sushi. LOVE your video, John! Keep up the good work too!
Thank you!
This is what I love about this channel, the passion of the topic but with a western flair and presentation
Such amazing art in delicious food... The Micro Sushi is something I have never seen in my life before this video... Super cool!
Thanks Bela! Seeing food from many different angles is pretty interesting. The work is never boring!
His sushi looks so creative and delicious. I hope I will try them one day.
Wow the chef is very talented!
Cherry blossom and Bell Flower are my top pick. But they are all unique in their own way. And true I echo the same sentiment, they are too pretty to eat. Such surgical precision to come up with all those exquisite creations.
Looks awesome! It's amazing to see it get made with a long sharp knife, chopsticks, and lots of talent.
I have watched this Video twice and enjoyed it both times . I love the attitude of the chef who absolutely loved making these special designs and how he loved your enjoyment of his craft ! Amazing story telling John makes me wish I could be there 👏👏👏👏👏
Amazing! He is a true food artist! Thank you for the little history lesson about various sushi styles through the changing eras. Maguro (Akami) is my ultimate favourite but I liked the Hydrangea and Koi ones. Also loved the editing style of this video John with seeing you and the chefs from different rather than static angles. 🍣🐠👏
The sushi looks pretty and delicious! It's amazing how they could make something beautiful. It almost makes it a waste to eat something that looks like that haha.
Hey, John. Wonderful video. Under lockdown here in Toronto so this was a welcome distraction to pop up in my subs. Hopefully you'll have a video which roadmaps how you were able to bring this video together. Congrats on the baby and the 100K subs. Thanks for keeping that wonderful OIJ vibe light and entertaining.
Very cool! Didn't know there was a term for this style of sushi. Really enjoyed the floral inspired designs and the "gold fish!"
Awesome job john
That was amazing! Next level food p*rn.
🍣Great to get some history with the Sushi Art. 🍣
Back for a second watch, one more of probably many views. Soooo good.
Thank you Liz!
Such beautiful sushi! I loved when the goldfish “drank” the soy sauce. :) It is inspiring to see people who care so much about perfecting their craft.
The attention to detail is impressive.
This is SO TINY AND PRECISE. I am absolutely astounded by those delicious art works.
Great video John! He has some crazy steady hands. Amazing looking food art. 👍🏾
Excellent video again. They are really passionate and they really love what they do. For them food is more than food. It all about having a good time and an experience. In Japan they have a special relationship with food. Despite being very busy, they can stand in line for over an hour for a meal when they could go to a restaurant next door.
Woooowwwww that koi was amazing 😮😮😮😮😮😮
And now I really wanna try them all too!
I think this will go down as one of my favourite OIJ videos. I love how relaxed and happy they appeared to be with John, there was some good onscreen chemistry on display. Interesting how they cut the salmon, sometimes it’s hard to keep the salmon positioned with the rice in your mouth and it appears that the cuts allows the salmon to distribute more evenly with the rice. Such is the attention to detail of a good sushi chef.
I don’t know if Hana was the camera operator but I hope she had a chance to sample the fare. Itadakimasu!
so beautiful. My favorite is the koi fish/gold fish
Both chefs look happy.❤ This is what everyone should admire.
Cool video! I like the chefs attitude towards food. 👏
That was very fascinating and artistic.
This sushi is stunning! They have so much patience and talent. I loved the chef’s story about his father being angry about the California Rolls. 😆 They are beautiful works of art. You looked like you had so much fun eating those. Thanks for sharing!
I love how you post this and I just ate sushi lol.
I haven't kept up with you in a while (been busy) but I wanted to say congrats on the baby!
すごいでしょう、本当に関心があるんですよ。ビデオでありがとうございます、ジョンさん!
great, great video!! the koi sushi looked the best! amazing art
Amazingly beautiful
Ohhh man they’re all so pretty. Gotta say my top three favourites is the maguro flower, salmon flower one and the koi sushi
Good top 3!! 😋
Yea buddy love me that Sushi. Can't wait to visite japan again. Thank you for your awesome videos John ! 🤙
Omg! How I have missed John’s videos :( the other “only in Japan” just isn’t the same. So glad I have finally found this channel YASSSSSS
I love how you put that John, "I'm eating the Chef's experience." Yuki's deft touch and creativity is something to behold! Interesting how he likes to think outside the box and buck conventions. The chef at a restaurant I used to frequent made a micro tobiko sushi for me as a joke lol! Another story we'll never forget. 👍🍣