As always, we followed the tradition of eating Ehomaki sushi. One eats the roll without talking, while facing the year’s lucky direction.

We had pre-ordered our rolls at a local restaurant / cafe - they make them freshly by hand in the morning, and they taste fabulous. The left roll is a bulgogi roll, and the right one is a vegetable roll.

Upon pickup, the shop owner even threw in a free serving of handmade kimchi. Nice!

We had preordered two ehomaki rolls at the restaurant: bulgogi (left) and vegetable (right). © 2025 Norbert Woehnl Photography.
The owner graciously threw in a free additional bowl of handmade kimchi. © 2025 Norbert Woehnl Photography.
The lucky direction for 2025, which one should face while quietly eating the ehomaki, is west-south-west (written here in Japanese, sei-nan-sei).
Screencap from the Instagram page of our local restaurant / cafe. We can see a photo of a cut Bulgogi Ehomaki roll, and a note saying that the owner started to work on making the pre-ordered rolls at 4 AM in the morning.

Unedited photos shot with iPhone 15 Pro (frames 1 and 2).

写真の撮影場所：東京都・板橋区