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.

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

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

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

When I was a kid, I have two dreams. I want to be a baseball player. Hometown, Hiroshima, has a Japanese baseball franchise team called Hiroshima Carps. You know, and then I want to be a sushi chef. I want to make own restaurant - sushi restaurant.

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

You wouldn't put your soul in a dishwasher!