the yonekura gym in toshima ward focuses on boxing, and this man, kenji yonekura, is a legend. and effective philosophy that has some real application to our story. there it is, pasted on the wall behind the ring. one, speed. two, timing. three, distance. this same idea applies to the convention shunning sushi techniques of new york city legend naomichi yasuda. until recently, the chef partner of one of the very best, if not the best sushi restaurant in new york, the eponymous sushi yasuda. a short while ago, under very mysterious and completely misreported circumstances, he left the manhattan restaurant which still bears his name. and at age 52, moved to tokyo to start all over again. i was determined to track him down and see what the hell he was doing. these days, this great man is running a 14 seat sushi bar in the minato district of tokyo. his wife, naomi, is his only helper. >> yasuda: uh, welcome to new place. uh, thank you for coming. >> anthony: why did you do such a hard thing? >> yasuda: uh, this city, uh, tokyo, this is kind of the -- the mecca of the sushi. so, i j