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Japan’s First Sushi Restaurant Staffed by Female Chefs Has Traditionalists Carping. Nadeshico Sushi is the only restaurant in Japan with an all-female staff of sushi chefs. Traditionalists call that blasphemy. WSJ’s Mariko Sanchanta reports from Tokyo. In a back street in the Akihabara district, across from the flashing lights of an electronics discount store, next to the vending machine that dispenses spaghetti in a can, and one floor below the massage parlor that promises “total relaxation,” lies a true pioneer in the Japanese culinary world: the country’s first sushi restaurant featuring a cast of beautiful, young female chefs.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Despite the neighborhood, the only thing slimy about Nadeshico Sushi is the fish. “I love fish,” proclaims 24-year-old sushi chef Yuki Chizui, placing a slab of marbled fatty tuna on top of a carefully crafted nugget of rice. “I worked at a sushi restaurant for six years and only the men were allowed to make the sushi.” she says. “Even on a busy day, I couldn’t even offer them my help\u2014that’s the kind of world it is.”<\/p>\n

Like sumo and Kabuki, the traditional art of making sushi has long been monopolized by men. Until now. At Nadeshico (translation: ideal woman) Sushi, which opened its doors late last year, young women line up behind a 17-seat counter, meticulously crafting individual pieces of nigiri (or regular) sushi while bantering with the clientele, 90% of which is male. The restaurant’s specialty: sushi rolls shaped like cartoon panda and frog heads, adorned with heart-shaped eggs. For the Japanese men who dominate the sushi-making industry\u2014where the craft is traditionally passed down from generation to generation\u2014the move is blasphemous.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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