Edomae-zushi is centered on the nigiri-zushi mainly made of hand-shaped cooked vinegared rice topped with raw fish and shellfish, or marinated or cooked ones, including maki-zushi using kanpyo (gourd strip roll), chirashi-zushi (vinergared rice with thin strips of egg, pieces of raw fish, vegetables and crab meat arranged on top), and inro-zushi (cooked vinegared rice packed inside of a cooked squid).
主に魚介の生身や〆たもの、火を通したものと酢飯を握り合わせた握りずしが中心で、他にはカンピョウなどを細巻きにした巻きずし、ちらしずし、イカの印籠ずしなどがある。