On the Road to Sushi Mastery
Workpedia Japan focuses on the lives of foreign nationals working in Japan. On this episode, we visit a sushi restaurant in Tokyo where Chinese-born Wen Shuqi trains to become a sushi chef. (This program was broadcast on January 5, 2023.)
Twenty-seven-year-old Wen Shuqi has been working at a sushi restaurant in Ginza, Tokyo since 2019.
Shuqi's sushi topped with gizzard shad
Aiming to become a full-fledged sushi chef, Shuqi learns how to prepare sushi from the restaurant's head chef and manager, Murayama Daisaku, after the restaurant is closed.