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[Breaking News]Conger eels at northeastern Japan aquarium

SENDAI, Japan, Jan. 20 Kyodo - Video taken at Sendai Umino-Mori Aquarium in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 19, 2026, shows conger eels protruding from pipes resembling "ehomaki" sushi rolls that are eaten on Setsubun day on Feb. 3 marking the turn from winter to spring. The annual event at the aquarium ends on Feb. 8. (Kyodo)

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Conger eels at northeastern Japan aquarium

Conger eels at northeastern Japan aquarium

Photo taken at Sendai Umino-Mori Aquarium in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 19, 2026, shows conger eels protruding from pipes resembling "ehomaki" sushi rolls that are eaten on Setsubun day on Feb. 3 marking the turn from winter to spring. The annual event at the aquarium ends on Feb. 8.

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Conger eels at northeastern Japan aquarium

Conger eels at northeastern Japan aquarium

Photo taken at Sendai Umino-Mori Aquarium in Miyagi Prefecture, northeastern Japan, on Jan. 19, 2026, shows conger eels protruding from pipes resembling "ehomaki" sushi rolls that are eaten on Setsubun day on Feb. 3 marking the turn from winter to spring. The annual event at the aquarium ends on Feb. 8.

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U.S.-CHICAGO-2023 NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION SHOW

U.S.-CHICAGO-2023 NATIONAL RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION SHOW

(230521) -- CHICAGO, May 21, 2023 (Xinhua) -- An exhibitor rolls sushi rice during the 2023 National Restaurant Association Show at the McCormick Place in Chicago, the United States, on May 20, 2023. The four-day 2023 National Restaurant Association Show kicked off here on Saturday. (Photo by Joel Lerner/Xinhua)

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Welcoming mood for giant panda Xiang Xiang

Welcoming mood for giant panda Xiang Xiang

Sliced sushi rolls featuring the face of a panda are sold at an Ito-Yokado supermarket store in Chengdu in Sichuan Province on Feb. 22, 2023, marking the arrival of Japanese-born giant panda Xiang Xiang in the Chinese province from Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens.

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Welcoming mood for giant panda Xiang Xiang

Welcoming mood for giant panda Xiang Xiang

Sliced sushi rolls featuring the face of a panda are sold at an Ito-Yokado supermarket store in Chengdu in Sichuan Province on Feb. 22, 2023, marking the arrival of Japanese-born giant panda Xiang Xiang in the Chinese province from Tokyo's Ueno Zoological Gardens.

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Rio restaurant serves mango, strawberry sushi rolls

Rio restaurant serves mango, strawberry sushi rolls

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - A Japanese restaurant in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, serves sushi rolls using mangos and strawberries as seen in this photo taken in February 2014.

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Women see sushi skills as their ticket abroad

Women see sushi skills as their ticket abroad

TOKYO, Japan - Women practice making sushi rolls at the Tokyo Sushi Academy in Tokyo's Shinjuku Ward on July 23, 2013.

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Conger eels at northeastern Japan aquarium

Conger eels at northeastern Japan aquarium

Photo taken at Sendai Umino-Mori Aquarium in the northeastern Japan city of Sendai on Feb. 1, 2022, shows conger eels protruding from pipes that resemble "ehomaki" sushi rolls that are eaten on the Feb. 3 Setsubun day marking the turn from winter to spring.

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Conger eels at Yokohama aquarium

Conger eels at Yokohama aquarium

Conger eels poke their heads out from tubes that look like "ehomaki" sushi rolls at the aquarium of the Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise amusement complex in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Jan. 21, 2022.

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Conger eels at Yokohama aquarium

Conger eels at Yokohama aquarium

Conger eels poke their heads out from tubes that look like "ehomaki" sushi rolls at the aquarium of the Yokohama Hakkeijima Sea Paradise amusement complex in Yokohama, near Tokyo, on Jan. 21, 2022.

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Niigata food culture showcased at Milan expo

Niigata food culture showcased at Milan expo

Visitors to the Japan Pavilion of the food-themed Expo Milano in the Italian city take pictures as a chef presents decorative sushi rolls, during an event to introduce the food culture of the prefecture of Niigata on the Sea of Japan coast on Oct. 22, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rice, sake from Japan's Niigata Pref. introduced at Milan Expo

Rice, sake from Japan's Niigata Pref. introduced at Milan Expo

A chef offers decorative sushi rolls to visitors to the Japan Pavilion at the world expo in Milan on Oct. 4, 2015, during an event to introduce the food culture of the northeastern Japan prefecture of Niigata. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rio restaurant serves mango, strawberry sushi rolls

Rio restaurant serves mango, strawberry sushi rolls

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - A Japanese restaurant in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, serves sushi rolls using mangos and strawberries as seen in this photo taken in February 2014. (Kyodo)

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Conger eels

Conger eels

Conger eels poke their heads out from tubes that look like "ehomaki" sushi rolls at Sendai Umino-Mori Aquarium in northeastern Japan on Jan. 19, 2021.

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Conger eels

Conger eels

Conger eels poke their heads out from tubes that look like "ehomaki" sushi rolls at Sendai Umino-Mori Aquarium in northeastern Japan on Jan. 19, 2021.

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L.A. sushi chefs try for world's longest California roll

L.A. sushi chefs try for world's longest California roll

LOS ANGELES, United States - Sushi chefs try to put together the world's longest California roll in Hollywood on Feb. 24. Some 50 cooks and sushi-school students took part in making a 33-meter roll of sushi. Made of crab meat, sliced cucumber and avocado, California rolls are said to have been first created in Los Angeles about 30 years ago. Organizers were aiming for a spot in the Guinness Book of Records.

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