When you prepare it at home, instead of using minced fish, boiled fish-paste products called "hanpen", which is easier to acquire and made from the same raw material, can be used, but anyhow datemaki is essential to "osechi" Japanese special dishes prepared for the New Year.
家庭で作る場合はすり身の代わりに、入手が容易く同じ原材料を用いた魚肉練り製品の半片を代用とすることがあり、日本の正月の御節料理には欠かせない一品である。