Nigiri
A hand-pressed bite of sushi rice topped with one main ingredient. It is one of the easiest ways to identify the featured fish or topping.
NigiriSake Nigiri
Nigiri topped with salmon.
Typical ingredients
Salmon, sushi rice, optional wasabi
NigiriMaguro Nigiri
Nigiri topped with tuna.
Typical ingredients
Tuna, sushi rice, optional wasabi
NigiriEbi Nigiri
Nigiri topped with cooked prawn.
Typical ingredients
Cooked prawn, sushi rice
NigiriAburi Sake Nigiri
Nigiri topped with seared salmon and optional sauce.
Typical ingredients
Seared salmon, sushi rice, optional sauce
NigiriUnagi Nigiri
Nigiri topped with cooked eel and unagi sauce.
Typical ingredients
Cooked eel, sushi rice, unagi sauce
NigiriToro Nigiri
Nigiri topped with fatty tuna belly.
Typical ingredients
Fatty tuna belly, sushi rice
NigiriHamachi Nigiri
Nigiri topped with yellowtail.
Typical ingredients
Yellowtail, sushi rice
NigiriButterfish Nigiri
Nigiri topped with butterfish.
Typical ingredients
Butterfish, sushi rice
NigiriTamago Nigiri
Nigiri topped with Japanese omelette.
Typical ingredients
Japanese omelette, sushi rice, optional nori
NigiriHotate Nigiri
Nigiri topped with scallop.
Typical ingredients
Scallop, sushi rice
NigiriKani Nigiri
Nigiri topped with crab or surimi.
Typical ingredients
Crab or surimi, sushi rice
NigiriAvocado Nigiri
Nigiri topped with avocado.
Typical ingredients
Avocado, sushi rice, optional nori
NigiriTako Nigiri
Nigiri topped with cooked octopus.
Typical ingredients
Cooked octopus, sushi rice
NigiriFoie Nigiri
Nigiri topped with foie gras and optional sweet sauce.
Typical ingredients
Foie gras, sushi rice, optional sweet sauce
NigiriAmaebi Nigiri
Nigiri topped with sweet shrimp.
Typical ingredients
Sweet shrimp, sushi rice
NigiriSuzuki Nigiri
Nigiri topped with sea bass.
Typical ingredients
Sea bass, sushi rice
NigiriWagyu Nigiri
Nigiri topped with wagyu or beef and optional sauce.
Typical ingredients
Wagyu or beef, sushi rice, optional sauce
NigiriTai Nigiri
Nigiri topped with sea bream.
Typical ingredients
Sea bream, sushi rice
NigiriIka Nigiri
Nigiri topped with squid.
Typical ingredients
Squid, sushi rice
NigiriAnago Nigiri
Nigiri topped with cooked conger eel and optional sweet sauce.
Typical ingredients
Cooked conger eel, sushi rice, optional sweet sauce
NigiriIkura Nigiri
Nigiri topped with salmon roe.
Typical ingredients
Salmon roe, sushi rice, optional nori
NigiriSaba Nigiri
Nigiri topped with mackerel and optional vinegar.
Typical ingredients
Mackerel, sushi rice, optional vinegar
NigiriTobiko Nigiri
Nigiri topped with flying fish roe.
Typical ingredients
Flying fish roe, sushi rice, optional nori
NigiriHokkigai Nigiri
Nigiri topped with hokkigai surf clam.
Typical ingredients
Hokkigai surf clam, sushi rice
NigiriShiitake Nigiri
Nigiri topped with shiitake mushroom and optional sauce.
Typical ingredients
Shiitake mushroom, sushi rice, optional sauce