I'm not making art, I'm making sushi

Just ask the local people for the best food. Don't rely on a guidebook.

A kitchen without a knife is not a kitchen.

Cook more often. Don't study; just cook.

Right after I graduated high school, I joined a sushi restaurant to learn how to make Japanese food. And then spent seven years. Then that time - that's enough. Then sushi restaurant - butchering fish and they make your body smell like fishy.

I want to expand my cuisine to this country. I love America. I have been here 22 years.

I always have dashi in my refrigerator—it's the almighty Japanese ingredient.