You could at it this way, yes - Sushi is a bit like Pizza in that a) it was born a few hundred years ago (Edo period) as a take-away food / fast food b) some

You could at it this way, yes - Sushi is a bit like Pizza in that a) it was born a few hundred years ago (Edo period) as a take-away food / fast food b) some forms of it have become a high craft or even art that you can spend a lot of money on (compare to high status Pizzerias in Napoli) Now whether that's legitimate or not is of course up for discussion - in my opinion it's a legitimate and fulfilling experience that you can have by going to a Sushi master if you can appreciate this kind of craft.