rice

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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Rice cooker kuri gohan and two more super-easy chestnut recipes to make this fall【SoraKitchen】

Ridiculously easy and amazingly tasty come together in this takikomigohan rice cooker idea.

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Autumn is a great time to visit Uonuma, a gem of Japan’s heartland

And this year, Uonuma is celebrating its own coming of age!

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Burger King Japan now sells straight-up beef patties on their own

Would you like rice with that?

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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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Japanese politician offers official apology for saying town’s rice tastes bad, had to be in-person

Over-the-phone sorry rejected, prompting face-to-face apology to farmers.

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Visiting Hokkaido’s adorable and awesome Asahikawa rice paddy art【Photos】

Mascot characters, a hometown hero, and creative ice cream make this a great place to pull over in Japan’s northernmost prefecture.

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Shohei Ohtani’s hometown creates rice paddy art and manhole cover in his honour

World-famous baseball player gets a big accolade in Japan… with his beloved dog.

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Bento bankruptcies increasing as Japan’s boxed lunch shops struggle in the new dining landscape

Walls are closing in for boxed lunch shops, especially small and independent ones.

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Grow your own balcony rice balls with this new how-to book

With 30 seeds and 180 days of patience, you too can also eat rice from a bucket.

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Japanese people demand that Gackt taste the government’s old old old rice

That’s where they want Gackt to go-oh-oh… Way down to kokokomai.

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Japan’s top agriculture politician resigns after backlash to saying he’s never paid for rice

Bizarre remark and confusing backtracking lose politician his job in less than a week.

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“I have never purchased rice” – Japan’s agriculture head says he gets it for free, flip-flops

Public dealing with rampant price increases for rice unhappy with minster’s claim he gets more than he can eat from political supporters.

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Pocky maker Glico talk about their cellular regeneration breakthrough and new candy at Expo 2025

Keep your cells healthy and young so you can eat more candy.

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Huge 301,390-square foot Demon Slayer anime rice paddy art project planned, Tanjiro will be eaten

Volunteer recruitment means you could help plant, and then eat, Demon Slayer’s protagonist.

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Japan has coin-operated public rice-polishing machines, and they’re super easy to use

A quick, easy, and cool way to turn genmai into white rice…or shichibuzuki.

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Pokémon Slowpoke Powdered Rice Topping tastes like liquid for noodles【Taste test】

Honorary Pokémon governor of Udon Prefecture has a treat that might be even tastier than his tail.

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With Japanese rice prices going crazy, can California rice win over our Japanese taste-testers?

It’s a ‘90s flashback as Calrose rice once again steps into the spotlight in Japan.

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Krispy Kreme releases a very Japanese rice doughnut for Matcha Day

You won’t find a doughnut like this anywhere else.

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