There are many other kinds of salmon though, and some of them are native to parts of Japan, like Hokkaido. It just wasn’t traditionally part of Sushi. Even tuna wasn’t considered sushi-worthy for a long time. It used to be food for poor people.
That’s like saying pizza isn’t Italian. Pizza Hut isn’t really Italian, but the roots are there. From the article:
JIANG: Salmon sushi started showing up all over Japan, especially at the cheap sushi restaurants, the ones with the conveyor belts. Bjorn realized salmon sushi had become a thing when a few years later, he was walking around Tokyo and he noticed the little plastic sushi replicas in the restaurant windows.
It may not have started that way, but it certainly is that way now.
Also, Salmon sushi isn’t a Japanese thing.
In hindsight it doesn’t make sense that a pacific nation would make sushi from Atlantic salmon…
There are many other kinds of salmon though, and some of them are native to parts of Japan, like Hokkaido. It just wasn’t traditionally part of Sushi. Even tuna wasn’t considered sushi-worthy for a long time. It used to be food for poor people.
It still is, but it used to be, too.
That’s like saying pizza isn’t Italian. Pizza Hut isn’t really Italian, but the roots are there. From the article:
It may not have started that way, but it certainly is that way now.