What Is The Most Popular Sushi in Japan? Let's Find Out.  Sushi
is delicious. There's a variety of different kinds, but
certainly everyone has his or her favorite. And if you do the
math, you should be able to deduce the most popular kind of
sushi in Japan. So let's do that. Math.  Nari Nari reports that
Asahi polled 830 people across Japan (443 men and 387 women)
over the age of 20 about their favorite kind of sushi. Out of
all those polled, here are the top three replies:  3. Red Tuna
(maguro akami or まぐろ赤身) at 8.8 percent 2. Salmon at 9 percent 1.
Medium-Fatty Tuna (chutoro or 中とろ) at 15.3 percent.   Other
types of sushi followed in popularity, such as fatty tuna, uni,
ikura, and so on.  If you dig into the numbers, things get even
more interesting. For men, the post popular sushi was medium-
fatty tuna at 18.4 percent, while for women, the post popular
sushi was salmon at 12.3 percent.  And then if you break it down
by area, medium-fatty tuna is the most poplar in the Kantou
region (Tokyo), the Chubu regio