Traditional Country Side Sushi with Yuzu Vinegared Rice (8pcs)

mountinAn official collaboration with the Kochi government.

Bringing beautiful “Kochi” to the world!

Sushi blessed with nature of Kochi's mountain.

Sushi made with yuzu vinegared rice and ingredients from the mountains such as myoga, bamboo shoots, shiitake mushrooms, konnyaku, and ryukyu.

Traditional Tosa country sushi is now frozen and easily available at home!

The package can be defrosted in a microwave oven, making it easy to eat Tosa's countryside sushi.

“Tosa” is the former name of Kochi prefecture and “Inaka” means "countryside".

Tosa Inaka Sushi (Kochi Countryside Sushi) is a traditional sushi from Kochi, that uses seasonal and edible wild plants / vegetables blessed from the Kochi mountains.
It is unlike your usual sushi using seafood ingredients.

Tosa Inaka Sushi has two main characteristics:

Rice using “yuno-zu”, a yuzu-based sushi vinegar, and ingredients are seasonal, wild vegetables blessed from Kochi mountains .

1. Rice:

The sushi vinegar is made from squeezed yuzu called Yuno-zu. Since ancient times, the mountains of Tosa, have produced many citrus fruits such as yuzu, buchkan, and daidai.

The ancestors have squeezed them at home to make sushi for celebrations and special occasions, and have continued to enjoy the vinegar.

*Buchkan...is an evergreen shrub of the mandarin orange family, and is a type of fragrant citrus, like "yuzu", Daidai...is an evergreen tree of the mandarin orange family, and its fruit.

2. Ingredients:

Each of the 12 sushi dishes is filled with the plant-based ingredients of the mountains of Kochi.

Awareness of Tosa Inaka Sushi

Recently, Tosa Inaka Sushi has been introduced and has been in the spotlight as an old and new food culture on SNS, magazines and TV.

World-Class Freezing Technology

Completed research with the perseverance of technicians and the finest freezing machines, it was recently made possible to deliver the actual taste and appearance of Tosa Inaka Sushi as you will enjoy in Kochi!

With this special freezing technology, you can enjoy the art of Tosa Inaka Sushi worldwide, without compromising on the taste and quality.

In fact, this is the very first frozen Tosa Inaka Sushi to be delivered internationally.

How to Enjoy

”Always defrost in the microwave!"

Please do not defrost at room temperature or in the refrigerator.
Guideline for defrosting
500w ・・・ 5 min 20sec - 5 min 50 sec
600w ・・・ 3 min 40 sec - 4 min 20 sec
*After defrosting in the microwave, allow to cool at room temperature for about 30 minutes and remove heat before serving.

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Story of Tosa Inaka Sushi

Tosa Inaka Sushi is a project started by Kochi Prefecture to introduce Tosa's traditional culture, country sushi, to the world.

The project started in 2018 with the participation of a group of local women in Kochi Prefecture, professional chefs and cookery researchers.

The company was invited to participate from the beginning of the project and worked together to develop the product, which was completed in April 2021, unveiled in June, and started selling.

Tosa Inaka Sushi won the grand prize in the lunch box and side dish category at the 2018 Supermarket Trade Show.

 Since they originally ran a rice shop, they are very good at making Tosa Inaka sushi that makes rice taste good, and they won the grand prize by impressing the judges.

Kochi Prefecture Collaboration

It is blessed with great natural beauty, including the Shimanto River, said to be the last clear stream in Japan, the magnificent Pacific Ocean with the Kuroshio Current flowing through it, and the Shikoku Karst, one of the 3 major karsts in Japan.
The area is also home to some of the best surfing, paragliding, rafting, fishing, and other activities in Japan.

Kochi is also famous for its local foods such as bonito, which is the prefectural fish of Kochi and a representative food material of the region, gamecock, which was loved by Ryoma Sakamoto, and Tosa red cow, which is called "fantastic wagyu beef," as well as local cuisine such as saabachi dishes and country sushi with yuzu vinegar.
In the past 14 years, it has been ranked No. 1 seven times in Jaran's (one of the largest travel companies) ranking of "the most delicious foods unique to the local area.

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