<p>Good Japanese food isn’t <em>that</em> far away! MSP is only about 30-45 minutes away by car–granted, you may not have one of those. When we dropped off our freshman son (who makes his own sushi on occasion), we went to Kikugawa twice in four days. We planted ourselves at the sushi bar for an hour or so and had wonderful food. And, from what I’ve read, there are better sushi places (although we asked for “omakase” and had great results).</p>