Kakinoha-zushi

"Kakinoha-zushi" means oshi-sushi which islightly pressed rice and fish, wrapped with a persimmon leaf.
It is one of the local Japanese dishes in Nara, Wakayama Prefectures and Ishikawa Prefecture.

It's made with bite-sized vinegar rice and mackerel or salmon (Japanese amberjack and Japanese sea bream are also used in Ishikawa Pref).

Persimmon leaf is used because of it's sterilizing effect. We don't eat it.