-
Squid & Octopus
-
Shrimp & Mantis Shrimp
-
Others
-
Silver-skinned Fish
-
Sushi Rolls
-
White Fish & Salmon
-
Shellfish
-
Vegetable Sushi
-
Fish Roe
-
Red Fish
Latest Sushi Encyclopedia
-
Shirauo (Whitebait) Sushi
Shirauo / Japanese icefish / Salangid
Shirauo refers to fish of the genus Salangichthys in the fam… -
Sayori (Halfbeak) Sushi
Sayori / Japanese halfbeak
The sayori lives in inner bays and along the coast from Hokk… -
Tamagoyaki (Japanese Omelette)
Gyoku / Tamagoyaki / Egg Sushi
There are three types of tamagoyaki at sushi restaurants: th… -
Inari Sushi (Fried Tofu Pouch Sushi)
Inari / Sushi Pockets
Inari sushi is sushi in which vinegared rice mixed with ingr… -
Menegi (Sprout Onion) Sushi
Menegi / Young Green Onion Sprouts
Menegi are young leaf onions harvested at an early stage sho… -
Sushi Roll (Uramaki / Inside-Out Roll)
Uramaki / Sushi roll - Uramaki
Among rolled sushi, those that are thicker than thin rolls a… -
Hosomaki (Thin Rolls)
Makimono / Hosomaki / Makisushi
Hosomaki is a type of rolled sushi in which vinegared rice a… -
Kazunoko (Herring Roe) and Komochi Kombu (Herring Roe on Kelp) Sushi
Kazunoko / Komochi Konbu / Herring Roe / Herring Roe on Kelp
Both kazunoko and komochi konbu are processed products of he… -
Tobiko (Flying Fish Roe) Sushi
Tobiko / Flying Fish Roe / Golden Caviar
Tobiko is the roe of flying fish, about 0.5 to 1 mm in size.… -
Uni (Sea Urchin) Sushi
Uni / Sea Urchin
Sea urchin is the general term for creatures belonging to th… -
Ikura (Salmon Roe) Sushi
Ikura / Salmon roe / Red caviar
Japan's top production area for ikura is Hokkaido, and fresh… -
Mirugai (Geoduck Clam) SushiMirugai
Mirugai / Gaper clam
The mirugai is a large bivalve about 15 cm in size. From a h… -
Akagai (Ark Shell) Sushi
Akagai / Blood clam / Ark shell
The ark shell is a bivalve that lives in the shallow sandy m… -
Hotategai (Scallop) Sushi
Hotategai / Scallop
The scallop is a fan-shaped bivalve that lives mainly on the… -
Tsubugai (Whelk) Sushi
Tsubu / Whelk / Ezo-neptune
Tsubu is a general term for edible spiral-shelled snails cau… -
Shako (Mantis Shrimp) Sushi
Shako / Edible mantis shrimp
The mantis shrimp lives on the muddy bottoms of inner bays a… -
Ama Ebi (Sweet Shrimp) Sushi
Sweet Shrimp
Sweet shrimp is the standard Japanese name northern shrimp, … -
Botan Ebi (Botan Shrimp) Sushi
Botan Shrimp
Botan shrimp refers to three species of shrimp of the genus … -
Kuruma Ebi (Tiger Prawn) Sushi
Japanese tiger prawn / Kuruma prawn
The Japanese tiger prawn is a large edible prawn, with large… -
Hotaru Ika (Firefly Squid) Sushi
Firefly Squid / Toyama Squid
The firefly squid is a small squid that lives around the Jap… -
Ika (Squid) Sushi
Squid / Cuttlefish
The squid is a mollusk that lives in all seas, with eight ar… -
Tako (Octopus) Sushi
Octopus (Tako)
Octopus inhabits oceans worldwide, including the deep sea, a… -
Kisu (Whiting) Sushi
Kisu / Sand Borer / Japanese sillago
Generally, when people say kisu, they mean the Japanese sill… -
Kohada (Gizzard Shad) Sushi
Kohada / Gizzard Shad
A saltwater fish that lives in inner bays throughout East As… -
Aji (Horse Mackerel) Sushi
Aji / Horse Mackerel / Japanese jack mackerel
There are more than a hundred species of horse mackerel arou… -
Iwashi (Sardine) Sushi
Sardine / Pilchard
The term "iwashi" (sardine) often refers to three species: t… -
Saba (Mackerel) Sushi
Saba / Mackerel
When grown, mackerel are roughly 50 cm and live in subtropic… -
Tai (Sea Bream) Sushi II- Various Sea Breams
Tai / Snapper / Sea bream
"Tai" generally refers to fish of the family Sparidae in the… -
Tai (Sea Bream) Sushi I- Red Sea Bream
Madai / Red snapper / Red sea bream
The red sea bream lives throughout the entire Japanese archi… -
Karei no Engawa (Flounder Fin) Sushi
Karei (Righteye flounder / Flatfish)
About 113 species live on the sandy-muddy seabed of relative… -
Hirame (Flounder) Sushi
Hirame (Flounder) / Engawa
The engawa, famous as part of the hirame, is the muscle that… -
Suzuki (Sea Bass) Sushi
Suzuki (Japanese sea bass)
Because suzuki live along the coasts and rivers of the Japan… -
Sawara (Spanish Mackerel) Sushi
Sawara (Japanese Spanish mackerel)
A large predatory fish with a long, slender body, a large mo… -
Kanpachi (Greater Amberjack) Sushi
Kanpachi (Greater amberjack / Purplish amberjack)
The kanpachi is widely distributed in warm seas around the w… -
Anago (Conger Eel) Sushi
Anago (Conger eel)
All fish in the family Congridae become edible anago, but in… -
Salmon Sushi
Sake (Salmon / Salmon Trout)
In Japan, sake once meant only chum salmon, but the influx o… -
Buri (Yellowtail) / Hamachi (Young Yellowtail) Sushi
Hamachi (Japanese Amberjack)
Buri is a shusse-uo whose name changes with size, and hamach… -
Maguro (Tuna) Sushi III- Premium Edition
Maguro (Tuna)
Among tuna, the bluefin is considered especially premium, fo… -
Maguro (Tuna) Sushi II- Everyday Edition
Maguro (Tuna)
In Japan, "maguro" usually means bigeye tuna. A medium-sized… -
Katsuo (Bonito) Sushi
Katsuo (Skipjack tuna / Bonito)
Bonito is a large carnivorous migratory fish that inhabits w… -
Maguro (Tuna) Sushi I- General Overview
Maguro (Tuna)
Maguro (tuna) refers to fish belonging to the genus Thunnus …
