Japanese Rice
Short-grained Japanese rice features a natural sweetness, mild fragrance, and ideal toothsomeness.
Tradition
Japanese short-grained rice has historically been the Japanese people’s staple food. Its fundamental importance is evident from the fact that the word for cooked rice, gohan or meshi, can also be interpreted to mean meal.
Proficiency
Japanese rice farmers are skillful and kind artisans. They carefully, and thoughtfully, grow their crops, and take great pride and joy in passing their farming knowledge down to their children.
The safety and high-quality nature of Japanese rice comes not only from farmers’ love and skill, but also from highly advanced Japanese technology, such as AI, drones, and self-driving machines. This progressive tech enables Japanese rice farmers to efficiently grow sushi rice, alongside other rice varieties, for dishes made all over the world.
Self-Driving Rice Planting Machine, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization of Japan
Rice Grading Criteria
Similar to Japanese Wagyu Beef, Japanese rice also undergoes strict grading to determine the highest quality. From 1971 to today, the Japan Grain Inspection Association has graded almost all of crops every year.
Every rice brand is given one of the following grades: 特A (Toku A) for premium, A for above average, A’ for average, B for below average, or B’ for lowest.
Cooking Japanese Rice
With its simple and mild flavor, Japanese rice makes a tasty food on its own, and also complements countless other dishes:
Sushi Rice
Onigiri
Takikomi Gohan
Ochazuke
Rice Pudding
Video Series: Innovative and traditonal Japanese Rice Cooking
Award-winning chefs demonstrate new ways to prepare premium Japanese ingredients:
Chef Nobu Yamazaki and Masaya Kitayama
Owner & Chef / Executive Chef of Sushi Taro
Chef Hirohisa Hayashi
Owner & Chef of Hirohisa and Sushi Ikumi
Chef Masaaki “Uchi” Uchino
Executive chef of Sushi Nakazawa Washington DC
How To Cook Delicious Japanese Rice
Using a Clay Pot / Donabe
Using a Rice Cooker
Interested in high-quality Japanese Rice?
Interested in high quality Japanese Rice?