A report on Sushi and California roll

President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Sukiyabashi Jiro

Funa-zushi (narezushi made from nigorobuna)

Several types of nigirizushi, rice hand-pressed with various seafood, including tuna, eel, and sea urchin roe gunkanmaki

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.

Rainbow roll, uramaki with multiple fillings including shrimp tempura, salmon, avocado, mango, with rice mixed with tobiko

Sushi chef preparing nigirizushi, Kyoto, Japan

Sushi made of meats other than fish (whether raw or cooked) is a variation often seen in Japan.

Yaki anago-ippon-nigiri (焼きアナゴ一本握り) – a roasted and sweet-sauced whole conger eel

Ebifurai-maki (エビフライ巻き) – fried-shrimp roll

Sushi in shops are usually sold in plastic trays.

Sushi served on a wooden platter at a sushi restaurant in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

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{{nihongo3|persimmon leaf|柿の葉寿司|Kakinoha}} sushi

{{nihongo||茶巾寿司|Chakin-zushi}}, wrapped in thin omelette

{{nihongo3|teriyaki-roasted freshwater eel|鰻寿司|Unagi}} sushi

{{transl|ja|Nigirizushi}} for sale at a supermarket in Tokyo

{{nihongo|Assorted Western sushi|盛り合わせ}}

Western California roll and tuna roll {{transl|ja|uramaki}} ({{lang|ja|カリフォルニア巻き}})

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{{nihongo|Western spicy shrimp roll|スパイシー海老ロール}}

A California roll or California maki is a makizushi sushi roll that is usually rolled inside-out, and containing cucumber, crab or imitation crab, and avocado.

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Other sushi creations to suit the Western palate were initially fueled by the invention of the California roll (a norimaki with crab or imitation crab, cucumber, and avocado).

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Crab stick

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Crab sticks, krab sticks, imitation crab (meat), or seafood sticks (originally known as kanikama in Japan) are a type of seafood made of starch and finely pulverized white fish (surimi) that has been shaped and cured to resemble the leg meat of snow crab or Japanese spider crab.

A common use of the product in California is in the California roll and other makizushi in sushi restaurants.

Avocado

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Tree originating in the Americas which is likely native to the highland regions of south-central Mexico to Guatemala.

Native Oaxaca criollo avocados, the ancestral form of today's domesticated varieties

Persea americana, young avocado plant (seedling), complete with parted pit and roots

A seedless avocado, or cuke, growing next to two regular Ettinger avocados

A common technique to germinate avocados at home is to use toothpicks poked into the avocado pit to suspend the pit partially in water.

Avocado houseplant leaf with ruler to indicate size

First international air shipment of avocados from Los Angeles to Toronto for the Canadian National Exhibition, 1927

Avocado salad, and a tomato and black olive salsa, on a toasted baguette

Indonesian-style avocado milkshake with chocolate syrup

A guacamole mix (right) used as a dip for tortilla chips (left).

Unusual avocado variety from Cebu, Philippines

Avocado slices are frequently added to hamburgers and tortas and is a key ingredient in California rolls and other makizushi ("maki", or rolled sushi).