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Do Komeda’s beefy rice balls continue the chain’s hallowed tradition of “reverse fraud”?

• Master Blaster
  Oct 12, 2026
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Goodness gracious, great balls of rice and beef!

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• Japan
• (beef • food • gyakusagi • Kome-Gyu • Komeda Coffee • Komeya no Taro • onigiri • restaurants • reverse fraud • rice balls)

Studio Ghibli releases new onigiri rice ball-shaped lunch bag for Kiki’s Delivery Service fans

• Oona McGee
  Sep 12, 2026

Carry your lunch like a magical delivery from the famous anime movie. 

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• Japan
• (anime • bento • cute • Donguri Kyowakoku • Ghibli • Hayao Miyazaki • Ki&Ki • Kiki's Delivery Service • lunch bags • manga • onigiri • picnic • picnic set • picnics • rice ball • rice balls • Studio Ghibli)

Japan’s Tsukimi One-hand Bento’s name is all wrong, but it still looks entirely delicious

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 5, 2026

Name could have used some more time in the kitchen, but we still want these in our stomach ASAP.

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• (bento • big food • COK • food • Hokkahokka-tei • Japanese language • linguistics • onigiri • rice balls • tsukimi)

New Japanese convenience store rice balls taste like instant noodles [Taste test]

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 5, 2026

Nissin’s Donbei comes to Family Mart in a new form.

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• Japan
• (COK • convenience store food • convenience stores • Donbei • Family mart • food • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese food • kitsune udon • noodles.instant noodles • onigiti • rice balls • SNJO • taste test • tofu • udon)

Finally! Japan’s big three convenience store chains announce rice ball price reductions

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 2, 2026

After years of going up, onigiri prices are starting to come down.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • convenience stores • Family mart • food • Japanese convenience stores • Lawson • onigiri • rice • rice balls)

Japanese convenience store food gets turned into hyper-realistic stationery you can peel open

• Elliot Hale
  Aug 10, 2026

The rice ball and hot snack sets let you feel the fun of some of Japan’s best treats anywhere in the world.

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• Japan
• (clips • COK • convenience store food • envelopes • erasers • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese stationery • Jim Mart • King Jim • konbini • Letters • office goods • rice balls • stationery)

Onidon opens in Tokyo with unique fusion tempura rice balls you won’t find anywhere else

• Oona McGee
  Jul 14, 2026

Onigiri tendon looks set to become Japan’s newest viral food sensation.

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• Japan
• (food • Japanese food • new • Ochanomizu • Onidon • onigiri • restaurants • rice balls • snacks • SNJO • tempura • tempura bowls • tendon • Tenya • Tokyo)

7-Eleven Japan debuts new black-and-white rice ball packaging…but is it because of a naphtha shortage?

• Oona McGee
  Jun 19, 2026

Convenience store range strips everything back to basics, including the rice balls.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • black and white • convenience store • convenience store food • convenience stores • design • food • Japanese convenience stores • naphtha • naphtha shortage • news • onigiri • rice balls)

7-Eleven’s new green tea rice ball and sweets are only available in Japan’s top tea-growing area

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 15, 2026

And no, that’s not Kyoto.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • COK • convenience stores • food • green tea • matcha • onigiri • rice balls • Shizuoka • Shizuokacha • sweets • tea)

A Japanese toast sandwich remix: The toasted rice rice ball[SoraKitchen]

• Casey Baseel
  Jun 6, 2026

Mr. Sato steps into the SoraKitchen with a bold idea.

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• Japan
• (COK • cooking • food • Japanese food • Mr. Sato • onigiri • rice balls • SNJO • SoraKitchen • toast sandwiches • weird)

Japanese convenience store brings rice balls back to 100 yen – Is this deal worth it?[Taste test]

• Casey Baseel
  Apr 27, 2026

As onigiri prices continue to rise everywhere else, Lawson Store 100 stays true to its name.

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• Japan
• (cheap eats • cheap food • COK • convenience stores • food • Japanese convenience stores • Lawson • Lawson Store 100 • onigiri • rice balls • SNJO • taste test)

As rumors swirl of 7-Eleven shorting customers on rice ball fillings, we check on their sujiko

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 13, 2026

Viral tweet claims have shoppers wondering if they’re paying premium-filling prices for almost-plain onigiri.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • COK • convenience stores • food • Japanese convenience stores • onigiri • rice balls • SNJO)

Potama serves up epic rice balls like no other, and there’s only one store in Tokyo

• Oona McGee
  Mar 1, 2026

Soul food from a tropical island, made fresh in the capital. 

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• Japan
• (COK • food • Okinawa • onigiri • pork tamago onigiri • Potama • restaurants • rice balls • SNJO • taste test • Tokyo • Tokyo Station)

Which convenience store onigiri rice balls are the most popular? Survey reveals surprising results

• Oona McGee
  Feb 27, 2026

There’s one rice ball that everyone chooses at Lawson, 7-Eleven, Mini Stop and Family Mart in Japan.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • combini • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • Family mart • food • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese food • konbini • Lawson • Mini Stop • onigiri • rice • rice balls • SNJO)

Japanese drugstore sells onigiri at pre-stupid era prices, but how do they compare to 7-Eleven?

• Casey Baseel
  Feb 26, 2026

Taste-testing the time-trip rice balls of Welcia.

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • COK • drugstores • food • onigiri • rice balls • SNJO • taste test • Welcia)

Convenience store onigiri rice balls become even more expensive…but are they worth it?

• Oona McGee
  Jan 26, 2026

Join us as we explore the more expensive side of Japan’s rice ball spectrum. 

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • combini • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • Family mart • food • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese food • konbini • Lawson • onigiri • rice • rice balls • SNJO)

7-Eleven now sells rice burgers in Japan, blurring the line between fast and convenience store food

• Oona McGee
  Dec 17, 2025

Are these two new varieties good enough to take on the fast food game?

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • aged brown rice • brown rice • combini • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • food • healthy food • healthy snack • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese food • konbini • Nekase Genmai • onigiri • rice • rice balls • rice burger • rice burgers)

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

• Oona McGee
  Nov 23, 2025

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

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • aged brown rice • brown rice • combini • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience stores • food • healthy food • healthy snack • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese food • konbini • Nekase Genmai • onigiri • rice • rice balls)

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

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 4, 2025

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

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• Japan
• (7-Eleven • 7-Eleven Japan • COK • convenience stores • Family mart • food • Lawson • onigiri • red rice • rice • rice balls • sekihan • SNJO • taste test)

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

• Oona McGee
  Aug 5, 2025

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

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• Japan
• (convenience stores • food • Lawson • onigiri • rice • rice balls • rice crisis • SNJO • stockpile rice)

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