Funazushi: The fermented predecessor of modern sushi

I think that almost every culture has this kind of food that is supposed to be super good to those who acquired taste but looks totally gross to outsiders. Japan has this half-rotten sushi and fermented soybeans, and then there's maggot cheese and notorious fermented herrings, etc.

I am not sure this is correct, people ate raw fish and meat before any of the processing happened. So I would guess that sashimi was known way earlier than fermented fish.

I'm always reminded of the Karl Pilkington video whenever this is bought up. It doesn't seem very nice.

Very interesting, it's like a fish cheese! Looks good, I wanna try it some time.

sushi in kyoto was similar to this. some kind of fermented suhsi. it was ok, prefer the new tokyo style kind lol