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International Students Gather at Japan's Only Sushi School
"Now prepare and arrange the platter (14 sushi pieces and 2 hosomaki rolls) in 15 minutes!" At the sound of the cheerful order from senior instructor Ken Kawasumi, the 5 students set to work at once. Ian Valdivieso, age 27 is from Spain, and he starts off with the hosomaki. "I learned a little about nigirizushi (handformed sushi) and hosomaki rolls from a Japanese person I met in Hawaii," tells Ian as he spreads the sushi rice evenly onto the nori sheet that he has placed on makisu, a bamboo mat and places the thin slices of cucumber form. Kawasumi has said that it was harder to make hosomaki (literally "long thin roll") than futomaki ("fat roll") but Valdivieso made it skillfull.
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5S in the Japanese Workplace (5) SHITSUKE: Sustaining Through Discipline
By Patricia Pringle
The Great East Japan Earthquake and Shitsuke
In the most recent issues of Japan Close-Up (February to April 2011), we have been looking at the roots of 5S practices – Seiri (sorting), Seiton (organizing), Seiso (cleaning , shining), Seiketsu (standardizing , sanitizing)– in the values and practices of traditional Japanese culture.
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