Clean your hands by using an oshibori (hot towel). Put soy sauce for dipping in the small dish. Mix a bit of wasabi (Japanese horse radish) with the soy sauce if you want.
Since wasabi is already placed in each sushi piece, you don’t need to do this.

Eating nigiri-zushi (hand-pressed sushi) with fingers

Pick up one sushi piece between your thumb and middle finger, putting the index finger on top.	Dip the end of the neta (ingredients/fish slices side) into the soy sauce (not the rice part).	Bring the sushi to your mouth and bite.

With chopsticks

Set the sushi down and lift it up with chopsticks.	Dip the end of the neta (ingredients/fish slices side) into the soy sauce (not the rice part).	Turn the sushi back and bring it to your mouth.

Before your next bite, again dip the neta side in the soy sauce. When you eat maki-zushi (rolled sushi), place the whole piece in your mouth if you can. Maki-zushi falls apart easily when you bite.

Tips:

• Don’t put too much soy sauce in the small dish. It’s better to add as you need it.
• Don’t dip a whole sushi piece into the soy sauce. The rice part tends to fall apart.
• Try to eat pieces of pickled ginger between different kinds of sushi. It helps to clean your mouth and enhance the flavours.

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