Greetings

Odense, Iwate (Welcome to Iwate)! Sushi Country.

Iwate sushi is the result of three tastes ? seafood taken from the lively Sanriku Coast (e.g. sea squirt, abalone and sea urchin), countryside food of the hitomebore rice that boasts of its white skin and mountain food of wasabi, spring edible wild plants (e.g., shidoke (Asteraceae flowering plant), kogomi (ostrich fern sprouts), tara-no-me (Japanese angelica tree sprouts) and bokke (edible bud of the fuki plant)) and fall matsutake mushroom. Iwate is a sushi ingredient kingdom known only to those in the know!
Please overlook the poor talking of sushi masters!
However, you can savor bountiful satisfaction with an invitation to the spiritually rich to its core Iwate route with its healthy ingredients, sure techniques and richness of humanity also admired by the poet Basho. Iwate is the source of real feelings and food trips! Please also enjoy with alcohol!

Association Profile

Association	Iwate Prefecture Sushi Industry Environmental Health Trade Association
Address	Open Google
TEL	019-623-5388
Representative	Kenjiro Yoshizu, Chairman
Date of establishment	May 9, 1961
No. of members	77 [List of Affiliated Shops]
Main business	Promotion of sushi coupon business Promotion of Sushi Day business Promotion of ehomaki (sushi roll) business Creation of sushi calendars Implementation of competitive recreation between branches Great East Japan Earthquake Reconstruction Support Project Workshops on modernization and rationalization of business management Training courses and social gatherings with authorized trading firms Affiliation with nationwide fire mutual aid associations

Information on Joining the Sushi Association

For a prosperous shop and a bright future for sushi industry successors (young people)

• Major sales promotion effect by utilizing all-Japan sushi coupons!
• You can advertise your shop on the association website.
• You can participate in the Sushi Shop Festival and other projects
• We perform substantial publicity activities on television and in other media.
• You can refine your techniques with technical workshops and contests.
• You can receive public financing on favorable terms.
• We employ complete hygiene measures (e.g. patrol guidance and compensation insurance).

Benefits of Joining the Sushi Association

We issue all-Japan sushi coupons that bring joy when used and given

We issue all-Japan sushi coupons which can be used in sushi shops that belong to sushi associations across all prefectures in Japan to play a major role in improving sales in the sushi industry.

You can advertise your shop on the association website

You can expect to draw in customers by posting information on your shop on the association website.

You can participate in the Sushi Shop Festival and other projects

We provide opportunities for many customers to enjoy the sushi of affiliated shops. This is chance to get people to know about sushi and your shop!

We provide support in financial terms

You can receive financing from the Japan Finance Corporation at a low interest rate (promotion business loans and environmental health improvement loans).

Insurance scheme just in case

You can join various public insurance schemes (life mutual aid, compensation liability insurance scheme and welfare mutual aid insurance schemes).

A group discount is applied to these various insurance schemes. A group discount is applied to these various insurance schemes.

Possible to participate in workshops and training courses

You can participate in various workshops and training courses to improve your technical abilities!

You can participate in workshops to advance your management, taxation and techniques, as well as the training courses necessary to improve management for new products and otherwise.

Cooperative buying business

We run a cooperative buying business for the necessary ingredients and materials from trading firms organized as excellent trading firms.

We provide a variety of information

The sushi calendars we create are widely used even in other prefectures.

We publish a PR magazine called the ”Iwate Sushi Hygiene Newspaper” and distribute it to association members.

We also distribute seasonal posters.