Sushi Roll Event to be held in Yokohama on March 3, 2024 to support the areas affected by the Noto Peninsula Earthquake Emakizushi Event to be Held in Yokohama on March 3, 2024 to Support the "Noto Peninsula Earthquake" Relief Efforts

Sushi Roll Class Gururi (Location: Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture; Chief Instructor: Chikako Nakaya) will hold an event "Challenge to make 'Ohinasama and Ouchirasama (double roll)' Emaki Sushi with rice from Noto" on Sunday, March 3, 2024, in Yokohama to support the areas affected by the Noto Peninsula Earthquake of 2024. The event will be held on Sunday, March 3, 2024, in Yokohama City.

The venue is the cooking class room on the 10th floor of the Welfare and Health Training Exchange Center Willing Yokohama (nearest station: Kami-Ooka Station on the Keihin Kyuko Line/Yokohama Municipal Subway). The target audience is children from 2nd to 6th grade of elementary school and their parents.

At the event, children will complete unique creations using "makisu," which are not usually used at home.

Main Visual

Noto Hikari" will be used at the event. Noto Hikari is an early maturing variety bred in 1985 at the Ishikawa Prefectural Agricultural Experiment Station, and is mainly grown in the mountainous and foothill areas at elevations of 50m or higher, mainly in the Noto region of Ishikawa Prefecture. (Reference: Ishikawa Prefecture "Information on varieties grown in the prefecture")

Through this event, we hope that children will taste "Noto Hikari" grown in the rich nature of the Noto Peninsula, surrounded by the Sea of Japan on three sides and mountains on the other, and feel gratitude to the farmers.

Noto Hikari

◆Outline

Name: Emaki Sushi with Rice from Noto

　　　　　　　　　　 The participants will try to make "Ohinasama and Ouchirasama (double roll)"!

Date: Sunday, March 3, 2024

Time ： 【Morning Session】10:30〜12:00, 【Afternoon Session】13:30〜15:00

Target: Children in grades 2-6 and their parents/guardians

Capacity: 18 pairs per session

Recipe: Emakizushi "Ohinasama and Ouchirasama (double roll)

Fee: 3,850 yen per couple (tax included)

Venue: Welfare and Health Training Exchange Center Willing Yokohama (10F, Cooking Practice Room)

Location ： 1-6-1 Kamiooka-Nishi, Konan-ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture

　　　　　　　　　　 Yume-ooka Office Tower

Special Event Page: https://kazarisushi.com/schedule/1922/

◆About Sushi Roll Class Gururi

Established in April 2009 in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Gururi is a cooking school specializing in sushi rolls. The school has eight instructors, led by its head instructor Chikako Nakaya, and is located at Yokohama Motomachi Studio (2-90 Motomachi, Naka-ku, Yokohama City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan).

The introductory class, which is usually held every Thursday through Saturday morning and afternoon, is very popular and almost fully booked up to two months in advance. In addition, every Wednesday we offer a "Middle and Senior Class" for those 60 years of age and older. Thanks to the many opportunities to be introduced in the media, the number of participants in face-to-face lessons is expected to exceed 10,000 by February 2024.

Official website : https://kazarisushi.com/

Official Facebook ： https://www.facebook.com/emakisushi.gururi/

Official Instagram ： https://www.instagram.com/emakisushi.gururi/

Chikako Nakaya

◆Past events

With the exception of the Corona Disaster, we have regularly held hands-on classes for parents and children for elementary school students during the summer, winter, and spring vacation seasons. In particular, "Emaki Sushi Christmas Caravan," in which Chikako Nakaya's masterpiece "Santa Claus" is taught during the Christmas season, is a popular event, and in 2023, it was held in Aomori, Iwate, and Fukuoka prefectures, with more than 120 pairs of parents and children participating.

Classroom scene

◆About Emakizushi

Emakizushi is a type of futomaki sushi in which the same pattern appears no matter where you cut it, just like Kintaro candy. There are more than 100 recipes, and it is popular at cooking events for women, children and foreigners. In Chiba Prefecture, it is called "futomakimatsuri zushi," and has developed as a local cuisine since ancient times, especially in Yamatake-gun City.

Emakizushi Artwork Image

About the Emakizushi Certification Association(R)

Founded in August 2016 by Chikako Nakaya, who had been leading a sushi roll class in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, the Association aims to convey the fun of making sushi rolls and Japanese food culture to the next generation and to foreigners. Currently, approximately 60 instructors are active in Japan and abroad.

Through its unique instructor training program, the organization produces human resources who can play an active role in the fields of "inbound," "regional development (local production for local consumption)," "women's activities," and others.

Official website: https://www.emakisushi.com/

Official YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@sushi-world

YouTube sub-channel: https://www.youtube.com/@emakisushi_instructorTV

Emaki Sushi Instructor