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To stir, or not to stir – A Japanese rice cooker debate

• Casey Baseel
  Sep 30, 2026
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Rice cooker manufacturer weighs in on the question of whether you should stir your cooked rice before you scoop it out of the pot.

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• (COK • cooking • food • Japanese food • rice • rice cookers)

Does washing rice in this Japanese pouch really make it more delicious?

• Oona McGee
  Sep 14, 2026

We test the Okome Pouch, which uses a patented method to make rice more delicious… and easier to wash.

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• Japan
• (clever • COK • cooking • cooking gadgets • Daiso • food • Japan travel • Japanese food • Japanese kitchen gadgets • kitchen • kitchen gadgets • rice • rice washing • SNJO • SoraKitchen)

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

Japan’s double-decker portable rice cooker/bento maker is better than ever with new version

• Casey Baseel
  Aug 23, 2026

Now there’s even more to be thankful to Thanko for.

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• Japan
• (awesome • bento • bento boxes • boxed lunches • clever • COK • cooking • cooking gadgets • cool • food • gadgets • one-persomn rice cooker • rice • rice cookers • Thanko)

Foreign tourists in Japan eat far more rice than previously thought, according to new data

• Oona McGee
  Jul 30, 2026

The average overseas visitor now consumes more rice in a day than a Japanese local.

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• (food • foreign tourism • foreign tourists • foreigners • inbound tourism • internationalism • Japan tourism • Japanese food • MAFF • Ministry of Agriculture Forestry and Fisheries • news • rice • society • survey • tourism)

Japanese curry rice burger gets all the attention in Mos Burger’s new birthday celebration campaign

• Oona McGee
  Jul 21, 2026

There are some showstoppers in this limited-time promotion, but the unique twist on Japanese curry rice is all we can look at.

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• Japan
• (burgers • curry • curry rice • drinks • fast food • food • Japanese curry • limited edition • Lucky Bags • merchandise • Mos Burger • rice • rice burger • rice burgers • weird)

Tochigi man shares his family’s process for creating 16 years worth of rice paddy art

• Krista Rogers
  Jul 8, 2026

The Nakano family opens a second rice paddy art site this year and shares more about the process that goes into their annual labor of love.

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• Japan
• (art • beautiful • COK • cool • Nasushiobara • nature • process • rice • rice field • rice paddy • Tochigi Prefecture • viewing)

Japanese rice cooker recipe gives us a tasty new way to enjoy vegetables and wieners

• Oona McGee
  Jun 7, 2026

Quick and easy, this is a meal that’ll have you going back for seconds.

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• Japan
• (COK • cooking • food • Japanese food • recipe • recipes • rice • rice cooker • sausages • SNJO • SoraKitchen • vegetables • wiener)

Japan’s rice warehouse stockpile rate hits record high as consumers, restaurants reject high prices

• Casey Baseel
  May 6, 2026

Consumers showing little sympathy for rice sellers as eating habits and supply chains change.

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• (business • expensive rice • food • rice • rice prices • society)

Japan’s Mos Burger creates tempura rice bowl bento boxed lunch burger, but not for its menu

• Casey Baseel
  Mar 23, 2026

New item seeks to put four food categories in your hand all at once.

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• (awesome • bento • boxed lunches • burgers • crazy • fast food • food • Mos Burger • noriben • rice • rice burgers • tempura)

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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• (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)

Cup Noodle maker Nissin teams up with thick-broth ramen chain for instant ramen rice[Taste test]

• SoraNews24
  Feb 10, 2026

The thickness we love with the convenience we crave.

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• (COK • food • Instant Ramen • instant rice • Nissin • Noodles • ramen • rice • SNJO • Tankaippin • taste test)

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 has a hack for creating insanely delicious potato chip rice meals

• Oona McGee
  Dec 11, 2025

A new product so good it’ll likely go viral.  

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• (7-Eleven • combini • convenience store finds • convenience store food • convenience store hack • convenience stores • cool • food • hack • Japanese convenience stores • Japanese food • konbini • potato chips • rice • SNJO • trends • viral)

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)

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

• Casey Baseel
  Oct 28, 2025

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

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• Japan
• (chestnuts • COK • cooking • food • kuri • recipe • rice • rice cooker • SNJO • SoraKitchen • sweets • takikomigohan)

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

• Master Blaster
  Oct 24, 2025

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

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• Japan
• (culture • events • festivals • food • koshihikari • Niigata • rice • travel • Uonuma • Uonumarche)

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

• Oona McGee
  Sep 26, 2025

Would you like rice with that?

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• Japan
• (beef • beef patties • Burger King • burgers • COK • fast food • food • hamburgers • On the Beef • rice)

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)

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