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Sushi bar, Wellington

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Sushi bar, Wellington

Photographed in 2004, Katsuyuki (left) and Jun do a busy lunchtime trade at St Pierre’s sushi bar in Wellington’s Upper Cuba Street. Restaurants catering to a growing interest in Japanese food have sprung up around the country, and retail outlets sell authentic ingredients such as seaweed and shiitake mushrooms.

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Tessa Copland, Japanese – Community and culture, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/4150/sushi-bar-wellington (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Tessa Copland, published 4 March 2009, updated 1 August 2024.