Setsubun Tradition at Wasan Brooklyn
Wasan Brooklyn’s Eho-Maki Week
Now through Tuesday, February 3, 2026
Wasan Brooklyn – 440 Bergen Street, Brooklyn
Cost: $18-$59
For one day each winter, silence at the dinner table is encouraged and while facing in a specific direction. Setsubun, a seasonal turning point observed on February 3, is closely tied to food rituals meant to invite good health and prosperity for the year ahead. In New York, those traditions now extend well beyond the home.
Wasan Brooklyn is celebrating this tradition by offering two kinds of eho-maki now through February 3, the day Setsubun is observed. The restaurant is located at 440 Bergen Street, Brooklyn, NY 11217 and is open daily from 11:30 a.m. until 9:15 p.m.
Fortune Roll Eho-Maki with Seven Ingredients
Eel, shrimp, snow crab, egg omelet, kanpyo squash, cucumber, avocado
Regular size: $18
Double size: $34
Kaiun Eho-Maki (Premium) with Eleven Ingredients
Tuna, salmon, yellowtail, eel, shrimp, snow crab, egg omelet, kanpyo squash, tobiko, cucumber, avocado
Regular size: $31
Double size: $59
Rules for Eating Eho-Maki
Eho-maki literally means “lucky direction rolls,” and of course, there are rules to maximize the luck you’re sure to receive once you’ve consumed them.
Eat the entire roll without cutting it
Face the lucky direction of the year (south-southeast for 2026)
Eat in silence
For more information or to place an order, please visit Wasan Brooklyn’s website.
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