Sushi indicates foods that use Japanese sticky rice seasoned with sweet rice-wine vinegar. Raw fish is the most popular ingredient in sushi, other raw/cooked seafood, and vegetables are also used. There are many different types of sushi. Some popular ones are:

Small rice balls with fish, shellfish, etc. on top. There are countless varieties of nigirizushi, some of the most common ones being tuna, shrimp, eel, squid, octopus and fried egg.

Small cups made of sushi rice and nori seaweed filled with seafood, etc. There are countless varieties of gunkanzushi, some of the most common ones being sea urchin and various kinds of fish eggs.

Sushi rice and seafood, etc. rolled in nori seaweed. There are countless varieties of sushi rolls differing in ingredients and thickness. Sushi rolls prepared "inside out" (a.k.a. California Rolls) are very popular outside of Japan, but rarely found in Japan.

Temakizushi (literally: hand rolls) are cones made of nori seaweed and filled with sushi rice, seafood and vegetables.