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.
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](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Mackerel05.jpg)
![さばの高菜巻 イトーヨーカドー Ito-Yokado 鯖寿司 Mackerel Sushi](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Mackerel09.jpg)
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](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/Mackerel11.jpg)
さば高菜巻 Saba-takana-maki
398 yen
![Mackerel with Leaf Mustard Sushi さば高菜巻 イトーヨーカドー Ito-Yokado 鯖寿司 鮨](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/Mackerel12.jpg)
It contains mackerel, cucumber, pickled ginger and leaf mustard.
![Mackerel with Leaf Mustard Sushi さば高菜巻 イトーヨーカドー Ito-Yokado 鯖寿司 鮨](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/Mackerel14.jpg)
![Mackerel with Leaf Mustard Sushi さば高菜巻 イトーヨーカドー Ito-Yokado 鯖寿司 鮨](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/Mackerel13.jpg)
![Mackerel with Leaf Mustard Sushi さば高菜巻 イトーヨーカドー Ito-Yokado 鯖寿司 鮨](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/Mackerel15.jpg)
![Mackerel with Leaf Mustard Sushi さば高菜巻 イトーヨーカドー Ito-Yokado 鯖寿司 鮨](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/Mackerel17.jpg)
![Mackerel with Leaf Mustard Sushi さば高菜巻 イトーヨーカドー Ito-Yokado 鯖寿司 鮨](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/Mackerel18.jpg)
![Mackerel with Leaf Mustard Sushi さば高菜巻 イトーヨーカドー Ito-Yokado 鯖寿司 鮨](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/Mackerel16.jpg)
![さばの高菜巻 イトーヨーカドー Ito-Yokado 鯖寿司 Mackerel Sushi](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Mackerel02.jpg)
金華さばの高菜巻 Kinkasaba-no-takana-maki
550 yen
It is used Kinka-mackerel 金華さば.
![さばの高菜巻 イトーヨーカドー Ito-Yokado 鯖寿司 Mackerel Sushi](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Mackerel03.jpg)
![さばの高菜巻 イトーヨーカドー Ito-Yokado 鯖寿司 Mackerel Sushi](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Mackerel04.jpg)
![さばの高菜巻 イトーヨーカドー Ito-Yokado 鯖寿司 Mackerel Sushi](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Mackerel06.jpg)
![さばの高菜巻 イトーヨーカドー Ito-Yokado 鯖寿司 Mackerel Sushi](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Mackerel07.jpg)
![さばの高菜巻 イトーヨーカドー Ito-Yokado 鯖寿司 Mackerel Sushi](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Mackerel08.jpg)
![イトーヨーカドー Ito-Yokado](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Mackerel01.jpg)
Supermarket name
Ito-Yokado イトーヨーカドー
Website
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](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/Mackerel23.jpg)
高菜のさば太巻 Takana-no-saba-futomaki
298 yen
![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](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/Mackerel25.jpg)
![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](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/Mackerel24.jpg)
Picked radish (yellow one) is in it. I like its a little crispy touch.
![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](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/Mackerel26.jpg)
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).
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](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/Mackerel19.jpg)
さば高菜太巻寿司 Saba-takana-futomaki-sushi
299 yen
![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](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/Mackerel21.jpg)
![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](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/Mackerel20.jpg)
![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](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/Mackerel22.jpg)
Supermarket name
Belx ベルクス
Website (in Japanese)
![](https://sunbelx.com/common/images/ogp.jpg)
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.
![SUSHIRO スシロー Mackerel Sushi 鯖寿司 さば](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Sushiro017.jpg)
Fatty Mackerel Pressed Sushi
とろ鯖押し寿司 Torosaba-oshizushi
4 slices 400 yen
8 slices 780 yen
![SUSHIRO スシロー Mackerel Sushi 鯖寿司 さば](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Sushiro018.jpg)
This is a type of pressed sushi called Oshizushi 押し寿司 in Japanese.
This restaurant's one is rolled with Takana.
![SUSHIRO スシロー Mackerel Sushi 鯖寿司 さば](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Sushiro021.jpg)
The restaurant uses Japanese (domestic) fatty mackerel.
![SUSHIRO スシロー Mackerel Sushi 鯖寿司 さば](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Sushiro019.jpg)
I put some soy sauce and wasabi on it.
![SUSHIRO スシロー Mackerel Sushi 鯖寿司 さば](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Sushiro020.jpg)
![SUSHIRO スシロー さば Fatty Mackerel Pressed Sushi とろ鯖押し寿司](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/Sushiro052.jpg)
8 slices 780 yen for to go
![SUSHIRO スシロー さば Fatty Mackerel Pressed Sushi とろ鯖押し寿司](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/Sushiro053.jpg)
![SUSHIRO スシロー さば Fatty Mackerel Pressed Sushi とろ鯖押し寿司](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/Sushiro054.jpg)
![SUSHIRO スシロー さば Fatty Mackerel Pressed Sushi とろ鯖押し寿司](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/Sushiro055.jpg)
![SUSHIRO スシロー さば Fatty Mackerel Pressed Sushi とろ鯖押し寿司](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/Sushiro056.jpg)
Very thick mackerel is in it.
![SUSHIRO スシロー さば Fatty Mackerel Pressed Sushi とろ鯖押し寿司](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/03/Sushiro057.jpg)
![SUSHIRO スシロー](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Sushiro013.jpg)
Sushi restaurant name
Sushiro スシロー
![](https://www.akindo-sushiro.co.jp/shared/images/ogp.png)
(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.
![SUSHIRO スシロー Mackerel Sushi 鯖寿司 さば](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Sushiro014.jpg)
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.
![SUSHIRO スシロー Mackerel Sushi 鯖寿司 さば](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Sushiro015.jpg)
English picture menu is available at their restaurants.
However, on the official website, English menu is not available.
![SUSHIRO スシロー Mackerel Sushi 鯖寿司 さば](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Sushiro016.jpg)
There are more than 500 Sushiro スシロー Restaurants all over Japan.
3rd: Pressed Type Sushi with Konbu and Sliced Mackerel
BATTERA バッテラ
![バッテラ BATTERA - 鯖寿司 Mackerel Sushi さば](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Battera01.jpg)
バッテラ Battera
540 yen
![バッテラ BATTERA - 鯖寿司 Mackerel Sushi さば](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Battera03.jpg)
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).
![バッテラ BATTERA - 鯖寿司 Mackerel Sushi さば](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Battera04.jpg)
![バッテラ BATTERA - 鯖寿司 Mackerel Sushi さば](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Battera02.jpg)
![バッテラ BATTERA - 鯖寿司 Mackerel Sushi さば](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Battera05.jpg)
![バッテラ BATTERA - 鯖寿司 Mackerel Sushi さば](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Battera06.jpg)
Konbu sheet.
![バッテラ BATTERA - 鯖寿司 Mackerel Sushi さば](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/05/Battera07.jpg)
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](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/08/Gottsuri-M007b.jpg)
鯖棒寿司 Saba-bou-sushi
680 yen
Restaurant Name
GOTTSURI ごっつり
![](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/08/Gottsuri-M007b-160x90.jpg)
![鯖棒鮨 Mackerel Sushi さば寿司 - 京樽](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/08/Mackerel10.jpg)
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)
![](https://www.kyotaru.co.jp/assets/img/ogp_2.png)
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.
![Mackerel Maki Sushi 真さばの極太巻 ライフ Life 鯖寿司 鮨](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/Mackerel28.jpg)
真さばの極太巻 Masaba-no-futo-maki
490 yen
太巻 Futo-maki means thick roll.
極太巻 Goku-futo-maki is very thick roll.
![Mackerel Maki Sushi 真さばの極太巻 ライフ Life 鯖寿司 鮨](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/Mackerel29.jpg)
![Mackerel Maki Sushi 真さばの極太巻 ライフ Life 鯖寿司 鮨](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/04/Mackerel30.jpg)
5th: Rice Ball Type Mackerel Sushi (Nigiri Sushi)
![Sushi Restaurant - KURASUSHI くら寿司](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/10/Kurazushi101.jpg)
Lightly Seared Mackerel Sushi
![Sushi Restaurant - KURASUSHI くら寿司](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Kurazushi014.jpg)
Marinated Mackerel Sushi
![](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Kurazushi012-160x90.jpg)
![Raw Fatty Kinka Mackerel 金華とろ生さば - Sushi CHOUSHIMARU すし 銚子丸 - 回転寿司 鮨](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/09/Choushimaru006.jpg)
Marinated Raw Fatty Kinka-Mackerel Sushi
金華とろ生さば Kinka-toro-nama-saba
![](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/09/Choushimaru004-160x90.jpg)
![金華さば Kinka Mackerel Sushi 回転寿司 鮨 - OOEDO 大江戸](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/09/Ooedo04.jpg)
Marinated Kinka-Mackerel Sushi
金華さば Kinka-saba
![](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/09/Ooedo01-160x90.jpg)
Tax is not included in the prices on this page. The prices are as of in 2019 - 2020.
Other Types of Mackerel Dishes
Have you ever eaten Miso Mackerel Meal?
![Miso Mackerel Meal 鯖みそ定食 - YOSHINOYA 吉野家](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/03/Yoshinoya22.jpg)
![](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/09/Yoshinoya11-160x90.jpg)
Some of the Japanese restaurants offer mackerel sashimi (raw fish).
![Fresh Mackerel Sashimi Plate 刺身三種盛 Standing Bar KAMIYA 立ち呑み かみや](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/12/Kamiya114.jpg)
High quality mackerel sashimi
![](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2020/07/Kamiya012-160x90.jpg)
![Sashimi 刺身 - Kigurajyaya きぐら茶屋 - Izakaya 居酒屋](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Kigurachaya08.jpg)
Mackerel is on the right side. It is not marinated / vinegared.
![](https://japancourse.com/en/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2019/01/Kigurachaya06-160x90.jpg)
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.