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>> anthony: mm-hmm. striped jack brushed with soy and sake. >> sugyiyama: [ speaking japanese ] >> masa: this moment, do not miss this. then, grab it, right? you eat. see? >> anthony: mm. >> masa: thats why you gotta eat quickly. if 30 second, one minute -- >> anthony: its dying. >> masa: ki is leaving somewhere. ♪ >> masa: also, the fish, sushis arrive moving. swimming. very fast. done. amazing. this momentum is ended right there. its very important. >> anthony: anago, or sea eel, a handroll ...

>> masa: yeah. yeah. >> anthony: did you have a job when you went? >> masa: no. for play golf. [ laughter ] >> anthony: no way. >> masa: yeah. the thing is, when i was a kid -- you know, art class? the teacher told me that american kids, they -- when they draw outside, just flat, straight line, house, tree, sun. huge, huge land. >> anthony: thats true. >> masa: japanese kids will do just mountains first. the house, right? the sun. i wanted to go u.s. to see huge land. thats my, you know, dream, ...

>> masa: [ speaking japanese ] >> students: [ speaking japanese ] [ applause ] >> all: yay! >> anthony: masa takayama left nasushiobara. his oldest brother, kazuo stayed. hes been the chef proprietor of local restaurant tsukimura for the last 30 years. kimoyaki -- eel liver dipped in a sauce of sake, soy, and mirin then grilled low and slow over charcoal. >> anthony: say, they could serve this at the french laundry. right? [ laughter ] >> catherine: i think we do.

Of kanazawa is a mountainous region known as yamanaka onsen, and it looks unlike any place ive ever been in japan. masas good friend and art advisor haruo konishi has a family hideaway here. a beautiful 120-year-old traditional kominka style home built around an irori -- a sunken hearth in the middle of the living room. its wild getting up here, the snow, the rocks in the road. >> masa: yeah, right? >> anthony: man, its -- >> masa: yeah. >> anthony: ooh, pretty. not only does the irori heat the ...

Were bad students. >> masa: ah, really good. >> anthony: so you do this when you were kids? build a fire? cook something? drk sake? >> masa:lways, always we did that. smok cigarettes. >> anthony: yeah. back then did everybody know that you were not going to stay? like, when you were in high school did you talk about, "when i get old enough im going to america? im not staying here." >> masa: yeah, we did that. [ speaking japanese ] yeah, i told them. >> anthony: now, you werent dressed up like jo...