onigiri

7-Eleven Japan’s aged brown rice onigiri reveals a different side to convenience store food

If you’re worried about additives in convenience store food, this rice ball set is for you.  

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Japanese convenience store showdown: Who’s got the best red rice sekihan rice balls?【Taste test】

It’s a red-letter day for sekihan fans.

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Lawson now sells old rice as “vintage” onigiri in Japan

Emergency stockpiles are jazzed up as “vintage”, but are they more of a miss than a hit? 

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Do we say yay or nay to the additive-free rice balls that can last 100 days at room temperature?

We try all five flavors of the “Hyakunigiri” Kyoto steak restaurant collaborative product to see if they’ll really rice up our lives.

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Behold the Oniben, a new type of rice ball that’s part onigiri, part bento boxed meal

Traditional Japanese food gets a hybrid makeover.

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Made-to-order onigiri rice ball hotel breakfast buffet in Tokyo is open (and awesome) to all

A handmade way to start the day in downtown Tokyo’s most traditional neighborhood.

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Musings on Okinawa’s canned enthusiasm for all things Spam

Net users reflect on the island prefecture’s status as a top world consumer of Spam.

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Rice ball melon bread – A treat Japanese bakeries aren’t crazy enough to make, but we are【SoraKitchen】

Today in the SoraKitchen, we push the melon bread envelope with melon bread filled with onigiri, mochi, and even ramem.

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Family Mart releases new rice balls with Bongo, Japan’s most famous onigiri restaurant

Shohei Ohtani is the ambassador for this new collaboration, and we’ve got the scoop on whether it’s worth spending money on.

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Will frozen bento onigiri be Japan’s next big convenience store food trend?【Taste test】

We try out three flavors to see if cramming an entire lunch into a rice ball is truly a genius idea or just another gimmick.

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Our two-day struggle to buy the cutest onigiri rice balls in Tokyo

Norionigiri lands in Shibuya, but its beauty proves to be only skin-deep.

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Cutest rice balls ever? Adorable new onigiri shop opening in downtown Tokyo【Photos】

Norionigiri is setting up shop in Shibuya.

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Top Japanese instant noodle maker steps up its rice ball game 【Taste test】

Apparently, instant noodles are clearly not instant enough for Nissin.

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What are Japan’s best, and most unique, regional rice balls?

Onigiri survey gives us even more reasons to travel to every part of Japan.

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Discovered: An even better way to open Japanese convenience store rice balls【Video】

Onigiri wrappers were secretly also onigiri holders this whole time.

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Japanese convenience store chain releases new Immoral Konbini Food for a limited time

We try two of the unbelievable new offerings from Family Mart.

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Japanese convenience store releases a new bento sandwich, but is it better than a bento rice ball?

“Built-in” bentos are currently transforming the konbini food scene.

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This Tokyo rice ball takes 20 years to make and 2,000 yen (US$14.30) to buy, but is it worth it?

Taste-testing Manma’s premium onigiri in Shinjuku.

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Are Family Mart’s new “exquisite” rice balls worth the high price tag?

Japanese convenience store chain teams up with esteemed restaurants for a new type of onigiri.

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Japanese convenience store issues rice ball recall, foodies would’ve loved to eat them anyway

Family Mart makes a mistake that still sounds so right (and delicious).

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