My Best Mackerel Sushi is "Mackerel with Leaf Mustard Sushi さば高菜巻 Saba-takana-maki". 鯖寿司・サバ鮨

I will rank the different kinds of mackerel sushi you can inexpensively get in and around Tokyo. This mackerel is usually marinated in vinegar, and tasty.

Table of Contents

1st: Mackerel with Leaf Mustard Sushi さば高菜巻
2nd: Another Kind of Mackerel with Leaf Mustard Sushi
1. Sushi Chain: SUSHIRO スシロー
3rd: Pressed Type Sushi with Konbu and Sliced Mackerel
1. BATTERA バッテラ
2. SABA-BOU-SUSHI 鯖棒鮨
4th: Very Thick Roll of Mackerel Sushi
5th: Rice Ball Type Mackerel Sushi (Nigiri Sushi)
Other Types of Mackerel Dishes

1st: Mackerel with Leaf Mustard Sushi さば高菜巻

さばの高菜巻イトーヨーカドー Ito-Yokado 鯖寿司 Mackerel Sushi

This is a type of maki-sushi (sushi roll) called Saba-takana-maki さば高菜巻 in Japanese.
Marinated mackerel and a few kinds of ingredients are rolled with pickled leaf mustard.
This pickled leaf mustard is called Takana, and it is edible.

Many supermarkets in Japan offer this sushi. It usually costs between 300 yen and 600 yen for 4 pieces.

Supermarket: Ito-Yokado イトーヨーカドー

Mackerel with Leaf Mustard Sushi さば高菜巻イトーヨーカドー Ito-Yokado 鯖寿司鮨

さば高菜巻 Saba-takana-maki
398 yen

It contains mackerel, cucumber, pickled ginger and leaf mustard.

When you want this sushi, I recommend the supermarket Ito-Yokado, because they regularly offer this item through the year. Usually, every day.
Some supermarkets of Ito-Yokado chain maybe don't have this sushi in stock.

There is a tiny pack of soy sauce in the sushi package, but there is no wasabi.
At this supermarket, they kindly give a complimentary pack of wasabi which is prepared at the seafood section. You can put it in your basket, and show it when you pay the bill.

The supermarket Ito-Yokado usually offers standard level of mackerel sushi as pictured above, but when they sometimes get higher quality mackerel named Kinka-mackerel (Kinka-saba 金華鯖), they make special quality mackerel sushi.

It is more delicious because it has plenty of fat. However, both the special and the standard sushi look the same. And it is a little more expensive.

金華さばの高菜巻 Kinkasaba-no-takana-maki
550 yen
It is used Kinka-mackerel 金華さば.

Kinka-saba (Kinka-mackerel) is an expensive brand fish and well-known as more delicious than usual mackerel. Kinka-saba is domestically produced in Miyagi 宮城 Japan. It is not imported fish.

There is a lot of thick mackerel in it. I like it.

Supermarket name
Ito-Yokado イトーヨーカドー

Website

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Supermarket: Inageya いなげや

Mackerel with Leaf Mustard Sushi 高菜のさば太巻さば高菜巻いなげや Inageya 鯖寿司鮨

高菜のさば太巻 Takana-no-saba-futomaki
298 yen

Picked radish (yellow one) is in it. I like its a little crispy touch.

Supermarket name
Inageya いなげや

Website (in Japanese)

They are suburban supermarkets in and around Tokyo 東京 (and Saimata 埼玉, Kanagawa 神奈川, Chiba 千葉).

スーパーマーケット　いなげや

1都3県にある食品スーパーマーケット。お客様の健康で豊かな、暖かい日常生活と、より健全な社会の実現に貢献してまいります。

Supermarket: Belx ベルクス

Mackerel with Leaf Mustard Sushi さば高菜太巻寿司さば高菜巻ベルクス Belx 鯖寿司鮨

さば高菜太巻寿司 Saba-takana-futomaki-sushi
299 yen

Supermarket name
Belx ベルクス

Website (in Japanese)

専門性追求型スーパーマーケットスーパーベルクス

東京都、埼玉県、千葉県の専門性追求型スーパーマーケット「スーパーベルクス」のホームページ。各店舗の情報や最新チラシ情報、おすすめ商品などのお得な情報が盛り沢山。

These two supermarkets (Inageya いなげや, Belx ベルクス) rarely sell it.

2nd: Another Kind of Mackerel with Leaf Mustard Sushi

Sushi Chain: SUSHIRO スシロー

A sushi restaurant chain Sushiro スシロー offers tasty Mackerel with Leaf Mustard Sushi only for to go.

Fatty Mackerel Pressed Sushi
とろ鯖押し寿司 Torosaba-oshizushi
4 slices 400 yen
8 slices 780 yen

This is a type of pressed sushi called Oshizushi 押し寿司 in Japanese.
This restaurant's one is rolled with Takana.

This is pressed type sushi, not rolled type nor rice ball type sushi.
Rolled type and rice ball type sushi are usually made softer in texture than pressed type sushi.
Pressed type sushi is tightly pressed with sushi rice and other sushi ingredients.
Tastes good!

The restaurant uses Japanese (domestic) fatty mackerel.

I put some soy sauce and wasabi on it.

SUSHIRO スシローさば Fatty Mackerel Pressed Sushi とろ鯖押し寿司

8 slices 780 yen for to go

Very thick mackerel is in it.

Sushi restaurant name
Sushiro スシロー

株式会社あきんどスシロー

「スシロー」は寿司（すし）・回転寿司のチェーン店です。店舗情報から最新のメニュー、会社概要などをご紹介します。回転すしを食べに行くなら、スシローにご来店ください。 ※一部店舗は、品目・価格が異なります。

(in Japanese)

This sushi restaurant offers food both for here and to go, but this mackerel sushi is takeout only.
No service fee / No cover charge
No smoking
Tax is not included in the prices.
Most sushi items cost 100, 150 or 300 yen.

お持ち帰り専用 means ONLY TO GO.
They sell Fatty Mackerel Pressed Sushi とろ鯖押し寿司. It's offered only to go. Although I don't know the reason, the sushi is delicious and reasonable.

* Some restaurants of Sushiro chain don't have this sushi in stock.

I went to eat sushi inside the restaurant.
No sooner had I had a seat than I ordered Pressed Sushi, because they sell it in a limited quantity, and it requires long time to make.

English picture menu is available at their restaurants.
However, on the official website, English menu is not available.

You may think up an idea that during eating in the restaurant you order Mackerel Pressed Sushi とろ鯖押し寿司 for to go.
Then, when it comes to your table you open the packed sushi and eat it at the table.

Actually, it is impossible because you will receive a ticket instead of the sushi when it is prepared.

After you pay the bill and leave the restaurant, you can exchange the ticket to the sushi.

There are more than 500 Sushiro スシロー Restaurants all over Japan.

Different Price
At several restaurants located in downtown Tokyo such as Ueno 上野, Takadanobaba 高田馬場 and so on, the list prices are 20% or little more expensive.

Example
Mackerel Pressed Sushi とろ鯖押し寿司
4 slices 400 yen → 490 yen
8 slices 780 yen → 950 yen

3rd: Pressed Type Sushi with Konbu and Sliced Mackerel

BATTERA バッテラ

バッテラ Battera
540 yen

Battera is a kind of pressed type sushi. It is made with thinly sliced mackerel and Konbu which is a kind of sea vegetables (kelp).

Konbu sheet.

SABA-BOU-SUSHI 鯖棒鮨

青森料理居酒屋ごっつり南千住銀鯖棒寿司半分 Mackerel Pressed Sushi(Half Size) at Aomori Izakaya GOTTSURI Minami-Senju

鯖棒寿司 Saba-bou-sushi
680 yen

Restaurant Name
GOTTSURI ごっつり

Tasty Mackerel Dishes at Izakaya GOTTSURI in Minamisenju Tokyo【ごっつり】東京南千住鯖がおいしい居酒屋

When you're in Tokyo, check out this restaurant that specializes in mackerel dishes, such as sashimi, sushi, grilled mackerel and many more.

鯖棒鮨 Saba-bou-sushi
600 yen

Saba-bou-sushi is a kind of pressed type sushi. It is made with thickly sliced mackerel. This one in the picture above is made with Konbu which is a kind of sea vegetables (kelp).

Battera is regularly sold every day at this shop below.

Sushi shop name
KYOTARU 京樽

Website (in Japanese)

京樽｜株式会社京樽

「株式会社京樽」は鮨（すし）を中心としたフードサービス事業を展開しています。店舗情報や新商品、会社概要などをご紹介します。鮨なら京樽にご来店ください。

4th: Very Thick Roll of Mackerel Sushi

This is also mackerel sushi roll. It is tasty, but not my favorite.
Because it is rolled with nori (dried sea vegetable sheet) instead of leaf mustard Takana 高菜.
Actually, pickled leaf mustard is my favorite ingredient when I eat mackerel sushi roll.