By HIDESHI NISHIMOTO/ Staff Writer
March 30, 2023 at 14:30 JST
The food trays in the foreground, seen here at FP Corp.’s head office in Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture, on Nov. 25, 2022, have special bottoms that allow raw fish slices arranged on them to appear voluminous even with fewer radish strips being used as a garnish. The trays in the second row are for no garnish. (Jun Ueda)
FUKUYAMA, Hiroshima Prefecture--To save on costs and reduce food waste, some sashimi retailers are cutting back on the small strips of radish that have long served as a garnish in packages of the raw fish sold in supermarkets in Japan. [Read More]
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