Friday, February 10, 2012

"I'd eat all sushi I want without worry, in my dream", says one Japanese reader

Sentiment in a tweet from one of my Japanese followers is no doubt shared by many people in Japan and outside.

夢の中でいいから、心配しないで思いっきりお寿司が食べた~い。

It's OK if it is only in a dream; I'd eat all sushi I want without worry.

This, while politicians there are running around like chickens with heads cut off, as the severed heads squawk "Free trade pact in the Pacific (TPP)!", "Let's raise sales tax to 17% so that the economy will recover!", "The world wants and needs Japan's expertise in nuclear plant technology!", "We can decontaminate the most contaminated region of Fukushima, because we're Japanese and we're different!"

It is not just fish used in sushi. Rice, nori seaweed, and wasabi (if it is fresh) are also suspect, not to mention "agari", a strong cup of green tea to finish off the sushi meal.

12 comments:

farfromhome said...

Me too!
We have given up sushi and many other foods here in Japan. One of the things we loved pre-3/11 was eating out and having fresh sushi, now we eat and home almost all of the time. We tried sushi in Hawaii and Taipei and truly Japan used to have the best..... Kind of makes living here boring.

Actually, now that I think of it, I no longer crave sushi. :(

sad654 said...

I gave up all things coming from Japan. It's so unfortunate because I loved everything Japanese and could easily be called a Japanophile. Last things I ordered which came to me overseas were two neko chigura(cat houses) made by an artisan. Now all I will do is only dream about such things.

Anonymous said...

Stopped eating sushi. Used to eat out 3-4 times a week in Japanese restaurants. Now only once a week. Sushi/sashimi, and ingredients in meals like mushrooms and wakame have no info about where it is from, just like gyudon beef. Norwegian salmon is about all I trust. COSCO must being doing a roaring trade....

Chibaguy said...

Fortunately I have never had a craving for sushi but do cringe when I hear what people are consuming around me. Some of the most educated people I know cannot connect the dots. A colleague of mine has to buy a used car and I told him to take a gieger counter when goes. After I explained why he got it and his mouth was hanging wide open.

Anonymous said...

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/japan is ded<, short of GODLY INTERVENTION< ONLY WAY, YOU WILL PROVE IT.
COMMUNISM, ISN'T IT GRAND.
KNOW MORE THAN ME? NOTTA CHANCE. COULDA SAVED JAPAN/THE WORLD, WAS YOUR CHOICE. HEAR, SEE, KNOW WHAT U WANT/LOSERS< UR CERTAINLY NOT WINNING AND THAT'S WHAT MATTERS IN THIS/YOUR WORLD.
YEAH I'M MAD AT YOU JAPAN BECAUSE IGNORANCE IS TO BLAME AND IT'S PREVENTABLE. NOW EVERYONE THERE IS GUARANTEED TO DIE
THE GUILTY ARE AWASH IN THE BLOOD OF THE CHILDREN, THEY ARE MARKED, AS THEY SHOULD BE.
NICE2KNOW THERE'S NO RESPECT, INCREDIBLE INDIFFERENCE AND NO MERCY UNTOWARDS THE "small people" JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY KNOW THEY ARE "LESS THAN" AND "DESERVE TO DIE" NOMATTER WHAT, LIKE ANIMALS WHO WE ALSO ARE INDIFFERENT TO.
THE LITTLE PEOPLE MAY CARE, BUT THAT WILL NOT SAVE THEIR LIVES.
WATCH THEM DIE OR DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. UNLESS... IT IS TOO LATE TO.
I MAY DESERVE TO DIE BUT THE INDIFFERENCE FACTOR WILL SEE THAT I LIVE, SRRY.
BRAVO JAPAN,
BRAVO WORLD
BRAVO MEDIA/GOVTS/CORPS/CELEBRITIES
YOU'VE LOST ALL RESPECT WHEN YOU MADE THE DECISION NOT TO INSTITUTE INTEGRATED NEUTRON POISONS, BURNED CONTAMINATION AND OK'D WANTON KILLING OF /ALL< MAKES YOU FILTH. FUK U.
WATCH THE CHILDREN AND BABIES DIE UNTIL IT SINKS IN IDIOTS.
SEE WHAT THE RESULTS OF REPRODUCTION IN ANIMALS ARE,,, YOU'RE NEXT.
IGNORANCE AND LACK OF RESPECT WILL NEITHER NEGATE OR PROTECT.
KILLING IS IMPORTANT TO THE WORLD AND YOU JAPAN "ESPECIALLY KILLING CHILDREN", IF IT WASN'T,
YOU WOULDN'T DO IT!!!!!
IN ADDENDUM, IF I TOLD YOU DRIVING INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC COULD KILL YOUR FAMILY AND OTHERS YOU WOULD "NOT WOULD YOU?" BE MAD AT ME WHEN YOU DID KILL YOUR FAMILY AND OTHER FAMILIES ON THE ROAD.
LET THIS BE A LESSON.
NUKE/GOVT'S ATTITUDE= FUK U
ATTITUDE TOWARDS ME= FUK U "m insightful ;)"
TIME TO PUT ON THE BIG BOY PANTS AND ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY GOVT, CORP, WORLD.
DON'T DRINK AND DRIVE OR THINK COCAINE IS PART OF "PERSONAL GROWTH/EXPERIENCE"<LIKE THE CELEBS<SCUM.
and if you're going along with the charade towing the line, YOU'RE SCUM TOO.

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Anonymous said...

There is not much Fish when you eat Sushi
and ca. 75% do not even come from Japan,
imo there is still no danger do eat Sushi
once or twice in a Month!

Anonymous said...

A lot of the fish in the US comes from the Pacific, and some areas have been contaminated, especially up north.

I depend on fish for protein since I don't like meat or most beans, so I still eat it, but I don't fool myself into thinking it is safe. Recently I was able to get some Norwegian salmon, and it was delicious to eat without fear.

It is disgusting to watch what is happening. The government (and TEPCO) almost seems deliberately genocidal.

Anonymous said...

I touristed Japan in part to eat sushi. Oh, such big fresh unagi!

Sushi used to be our family's going out to eat treat.

The evil stupid ones who built this world of nuclear plants have taken away our sushi.

And perhaps our lives.

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