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Hosomaki
Hosomaki is the thin maki roll — nori on the outside, a little rice, and usually a single filling like tuna (tekka-maki) or cucumber (kappa-maki).
Hosomaki (“thin roll”) is the slim, nori-wrapped roll built around one filling. The two classics are tekka-maki (tuna) and kappa-maki (cucumber) — minimalist by design, letting a single ingredient speak.
It’s the restrained counterpoint to the fat, many-filling futomaki, and a frequent palate-resetting close to a traditional meal.