{"id":68412,"date":"2020-09-21T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-09-21T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/?p=68412"},"modified":"2020-09-24T09:44:13","modified_gmt":"2020-09-24T00:44:13","slug":"sushi-obi-tokaido","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/voyapon.com\/sushi-obi-tokaido\/","title":{"rendered":"Sushi and Vintage Obi Collection Along the Tokaido Road"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Everyone has something that made them fall in love with Japan. For me, it was my love of kimono<\/a> and sushi<\/a><\/strong>. So, when I decided to visit Sushi Yamashichi<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>(\u9ba8\u51e6 \u3084\u307e\u3057\u3061) in <\/strong>Shizuoka<\/strong><\/a> <\/strong>(\u9759\u5ca1), I was delighted to learn that my visit would include a temaki<\/em> sushi-making<\/strong> (a single large, cone-shaped sushi hand roll) session. I became even more ecstatic after I learned that restaurant owner, Tomoko Yamazaki-san, was an avid collector of vintage kimono<\/strong> \u2013 specifically vintage obi \u2013 featuring prints of the famous Hiroshige Utagwa\u2019s 53 Tokaido Stations<\/a> series<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The intricacies, artistry and history of kimono fabric and design still astound me to this day. To see them get thrown away was heartbreaking, which ultimately led me down my path to reconstruct them into bespoke pieces for myself and others. I also adore eating sushi. It is perhaps my favourite Japanese cuisine. I enjoy a visit to a fun, conveyor-belt sushi restaurant as much as I do a visit to a fancy omakase<\/em> (\u304a\u4efb\u305b, a customer leaves the details of a meal to the chef) sushi restaurant tucked away in the backstreets of Tokyo<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n