Ceramic sushi dish shaped to look like iconic Mount Fuji features a place for soy sauce and wasabi at the top of the mountain.

Raised central peak of Mount Fuji holds wasabi and the surrounding basin contains soy sauce for the sushi.

Mount Fuji Fujiyama Sauce Dish designed by Jonghwan Kim turns a cultural Japanese symbol into a functional object.

Pure white ceramic relies on proportion and negative space to allow Mount Fuji’s silhouette to carry both meaning and function.

By separating soy sauce and wasabi, Mount Fuji Sushi Dish respects the sushi chef’s intent and the diner’s palate.

Mount Fuji Sushi Dish reads as miniature landscape rather than a sushi plate.

Jonghwan Kim demonstrates how cultural references can be handled with respect. The mountain is abstracted. Symbolism emerges through design.

Soy sauce flows around the base like water at the foot of a mountain, while wasabi rests at the summit of Mount Fuji Sushi Dish.

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