Japanese chefs believe our soul goes into our knives once we start using them. You wouldn't put your soul in a dishwasher!

When I'm on the road, I wake up early and walk a lot. I'm very healthy. But when I come back home, I am more tempted by guilty pleasures, such as eating too many sweets and sleeping a lot.

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

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

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 buy soy sauce and flavor it five different ways: with sake, mirin, sugar, kombu and bonito flakes. I use them on lots of dishes at home.

I dont eat anything on an airplane.