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Masuzushi

Masuzushi is a kind of Japanese ekiben boxed meal sold on trains and train stations in Japan. It is a type of oshizushi (pressed sushi) and a well-known souvenir of Toyama. Masuzushi is made of vinegared trout sashimi on top of vinegared rice and wrapped in bamboo leaves.

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Recipes for Tom: Masuzushi / pressed salmon sushi wrapped with bamboo leaves

A specialty of Toyama, my hometown prefecture, this pressed sushi with masu salmon is wrapped in bamboo leaves and comes in a magewappa ro.....
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Masu Sushi Recipe | Trout with Shisho Leaves Pressed Sushi

Masu, otherwise known as trout, is the star in this inviting sushi dish, wrapped in bamboo leaves with shiso leaves and sticky sushi rice...
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Masuzushi: Toyama's Trout Sushi Wrapped in Bamboo Leaves - Recommendation of Unique Japanese Products and Culture

Now, here in Japan, we have the Buddhist festival called “Obon (お盆)”, during which it is believed that our ancestral spirits return home. So we usually go and visit our ancestors’ graves during the period.....

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