Chirashizushi facts for kids

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Chirashizushi (ちらし寿司, "scattered sushi", also referred to as barazushi) is a traditional Japanese food made with rice mixed with vinegar. It has several ingredients on top, such as egg, bamboo shoots, seafood, and nori.

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President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Sukiyabashi Jiro
Osaka-style sushi, also called "Oshi-zushi" or "hako-sushi"
Sushi platter in takeway
Chirashizushi with raw ingredients
Three pieces of inarizushi
funa-zushi (narezushi made from a crucian carp species)
Nigirizushi
Japanese cutlassfish oshizushi at a restaurant in Minamata City, Kumamoto Prefecture
Norway roll (ノルウェー巻き). A Norwegian businessman introduced the use of salmon as a sushi ingredient to Japan in the 1980s.
Uramakizushi rolls
Rainbow roll, uramaki with multiple fillings including shrimp tempura, salmon, avocado, mango, with rice mixed with tobiko
Sheets of nori.
Sushi made of meats other than fish (whether raw or cooked) is a variation often seen in Japan.
Sushi in shops are usually sold in plastic trays.
Sushi served on a wooden platter at a sushi restaurant in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.
Meat sushi
Makizushi topped with tobiko
Makizushi in preparation
Futomaki
Kappamaki
Nattōmaki
Tekkamaki
Ehōmaki
Nigirizushi for sale at a supermarket in Tokyo
Gari (ginger)
Wasabi

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