{"id":93917,"date":"2014-06-22T12:31:00","date_gmt":"2014-06-22T19:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/?p=93917"},"modified":"2025-08-22T20:20:34","modified_gmt":"2025-08-23T03:20:34","slug":"sushi-roll-art-by-japanese-artist-takayo-kiyota-7-photos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/sushi-roll-art-by-japanese-artist-takayo-kiyota-7-photos\/","title":{"rendered":"Sushi Roll Art by Japanese Artist Takayo Kiyota (7 Photos)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/sushi-roll-art-by-japanese-artist-takayo-kiyota-7-photos\/sushi-roll-art-by-japanese-artist-takayo-kiyota-001\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-93918\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"728\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Sushi-Roll-Art-by-Japanese-Artist-Takayo-Kiyota-001.jpg\" alt=\"Sushi Roll Art by Japanese Artist Takayo Kiyota 001\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-93918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Sushi-Roll-Art-by-Japanese-Artist-Takayo-Kiyota-001.jpg 728w, https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Sushi-Roll-Art-by-Japanese-Artist-Takayo-Kiyota-001-550x302.jpg 550w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 728px) 100vw, 728px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nIllustrator Takayo Kiyota has gotten quite a bit of attention for her sushi roll creations, which she refers to as Nikkori-zushi, or \u201csmile sushi.\u201d As she says in her <a href=\"http:\/\/ameblo.jp\/kururinzushi\/\" title=\"blog\" target=\"_blank\">blog<\/a>, \u201dYou don\u2019t know how the images will come out until you cut the roll open at the end, and the thrill of that moment is almost unbearable!\u201d<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/sushi-roll-art-by-japanese-artist-takayo-kiyota-7-photos\/sushi-roll-art-by-japanese-artist-takayo-kiyota-002\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-93919\"><img 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wp-att-93921\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"684\" src=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Sushi-Roll-Art-by-Japanese-Artist-Takayo-Kiyota-004.jpg\" alt=\"Sushi Roll Art by Japanese Artist Takayo Kiyota 004\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-93921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Sushi-Roll-Art-by-Japanese-Artist-Takayo-Kiyota-004.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Sushi-Roll-Art-by-Japanese-Artist-Takayo-Kiyota-004-460x630.jpg 460w, https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Sushi-Roll-Art-by-Japanese-Artist-Takayo-Kiyota-004-494x676.jpg 494w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/sushi-roll-art-by-japanese-artist-takayo-kiyota-7-photos\/sushi-roll-art-by-japanese-artist-takayo-kiyota-005\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-93922\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"643\" src=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Sushi-Roll-Art-by-Japanese-Artist-Takayo-Kiyota-005.jpg\" alt=\"Sushi Roll Art by Japanese Artist Takayo Kiyota 005\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-93922\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Sushi-Roll-Art-by-Japanese-Artist-Takayo-Kiyota-005.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Sushi-Roll-Art-by-Japanese-Artist-Takayo-Kiyota-005-489x630.jpg 489w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/sushi-roll-art-by-japanese-artist-takayo-kiyota-7-photos\/sushi-roll-art-by-japanese-artist-takayo-kiyota-006\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-93923\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"737\" src=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Sushi-Roll-Art-by-Japanese-Artist-Takayo-Kiyota-006.jpg\" alt=\"Sushi Roll Art by Japanese Artist Takayo Kiyota 006\"  class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-93923\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Sushi-Roll-Art-by-Japanese-Artist-Takayo-Kiyota-006.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Sushi-Roll-Art-by-Japanese-Artist-Takayo-Kiyota-006-427x630.jpg 427w, https:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Sushi-Roll-Art-by-Japanese-Artist-Takayo-Kiyota-006-458x676.jpg 458w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.funcage.com\/blog\/sushi-roll-art-by-japanese-artist-takayo-kiyota-7-photos\/sushi-roll-art-by-japanese-artist-takayo-kiyota-007\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-93924\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"377\" 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