Sushi is a popular dish of small pieces of extremely fresh raw fish and seafood pressed into rice seasoned with vinegar. It is mainly served in sushi-ya (sushi shops), usually small, with a counter where the sushi master performs his art for discerning clientele, forming each piece by hand. As with all Japanese food, appearance and freshness is paramount. Sushi is normally served with soy sauce into which a small amount of wasabe (horseradish) is mixed and, to cleanse the palate, shavings of pickled ginger.
*HARUYO
Shigeru's sister, born 1955.
*SHIGERU: professor
Shigeru Miyagawa (born 1952, Hiratsuka, Japan) is The Kochi Prefecture-John Manjiro Professor of Japanese Language and Culture and Professor of Linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Prior to joining the MIT faculty he was the Chairperson of the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures at Ohio State University and has published extensively in linguistics including a recent book on Japanese language.
At MIT Professor Miyagawa is directing the Japanese Language and Culture Program and is building the most technologically and pedagogically advanced Japanese language program in the United States. A feature of that program is "Star Network," a pioneering internet project that will provide language and culture materials that can be accessed internationally.
