Women see sushi skills as their ticket abroad

Women see sushi skills as their ticket abroad

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken July 23, 2013 in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward shows Yu Shimono, from Kumamoto Prefecture, who is currently enrolled in the Tokyo Sushi Academy's one-year course and works under Toshio Ogiwara, a chef at a restaurant affiliated with the academy.

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