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Futomaki
Futomaki is the fat maki roll — a thick nori roll packed with several fillings, often colorful and lightly sweet, popular for celebrations and ehomaki.
Futomaki (“fat roll”) is the generous one: a thick roll holding several fillings at once — tamago, simmered kanpyo, cucumber, shiitake, fish — arranged so the cut face is colorful, even picture-like. The flavor often leans a touch sweet.
It’s a celebratory, home-and-festival roll, most famous as ehomaki, the uncut “lucky direction” roll eaten whole and in silence at Setsubun in early February.