Sushi Types

• Nigiri-sushi, slices of fish or other items on pads of rice
• Maki-sushi, rolled sushi (including handrolls, temaki)
• Chirashi-sushi, fish and other items served on top of a bowl of vinegared sushi rice
• Oshi-sushi, squares or rectangles of pressed rice topped with vinegared or cooked fish, made in a wooden mold

• Stuffed sushi, including chakin-zushi or fukusa-sushi, ingredients wrapped in a thin egg crêpe; and inari-sushi, with ingredients stuffed into a small pouch of fried bean curd (tofu)
• Sashimi is sliced fish that is served with a bowl of regular boiled rice on the side