Skipping Hiroshima’s most famous food brought us to a place that both is and isn’t representative of the city.
onigiri
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A surprising new-and-improved contender from Lawson might just steal your heart this year.
A lot of the rice balls on convenience store shelves include oil, but it’s not to make them taste better.
We call them “rice balls” in English, but the real-meaning of “onigiri” is something a lot of Japanese people don’t find appetizing.
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