Originally Posted by
gfunkdave
I was always told by actual Japanese people that, with nigiri, one puts a dab of wasabi on the fish and dips JUST THE FISH, not the rice, in a little soy sauce.
Same here, and when in Japan, my hosts were aghast that I requested wasabi, since it was "already on the fish", and they were
really shocked when I mixed the wasabi and soy. My impression was they had never in their lives seen that.