The Correct Way to Eat Sushi [Video Tutorial]

Sushi is cold cooked rice flavoured with vinegar, shaped into bite-sized pieces and then topped with raw or cooked fish, or formed into a roll with fish, egg or vegetables and wrapped in seaweed.

Learn how to eat this popular Japanese food in this easy-to-follow video tutorial.


Some very important Sushi eating manners that you must take note of:

• Never pass food to another person from your chopsticks to theirs. This mimicks part of a Japanese funeral ritual and is therefore it is considered extremely offensive

• Pour a little of the dipping soy sauce into your dish. Don't tip in too much - this is considered greedy and wasteful. You can take more if you need it

• Ideally you should eat the sushi piece in one go, or two at a push. Try not to take a bite and return it to your plate.

• As much as possible, try not to leave any food on your plate. It is considered especially rude to leave rice.

How to Eat Sushi [Thanks Dumb Little Man

Reader Comments

she is holding the chopstick incorrectly. plus the last part where she drink the green tea, is she not suppose to hold the bottom of the cup? get a real japanese, imagine a japanese talk about english table manners?

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