Onigiri, the Japanese soul food, is called by many names such as omusubi or nigirimeshi, and comes in various shapes such as triangular, round, and bale-shaped. What shape do you think the world's oldest rice ball was? - The answer is an isosceles triangle. In 1987, Japan's oldest onigiri was discovered at a Yayoi period site called the Chanobatake site in Sugitani in Ishikawa prefecture. The fossilized onigiri was found to be about 2,000 years old, which is the beginning of

We introduced the onigiri wrapper where the nori seaweed is covered by plastic in the last blog post, but even without it, you can make your own wrapper using aluminum foil and masking/washi tape, which can be also found at online store! (We apologize the masking/washi tapes aren't currently in stock st our physical store in Ardmore. However, you can order online to pick up at our store.) Materials and ingredients: Onigiri of your choice 1 sheet of nori seaweed (either the f

Have you ever tried onigiri? Because of its portability and the fact that it can be eaten with one's hands, it has been a popular portable food and lunch in Japan from ancient times to the present. Originally developed as a way to preserve leftover rice and as a portable food, onigiri later became mainstream as a regular food. As we introduced in the last blog post, we make them by hand every morning before our store opens. Our onigiri have so many fans of that some customer