Yosuke Miura runs Onigiri Asakusa Yadoroku, a restaurant founded in 1954 by his grandmother. Yadoroku, which roughly translates to “good-for-nothing,” is named for her husband, Miura’s ...

A popular onigiri shop in Kaohsiung attracted media attention after a landlord smashed the restaurant’s flower pots over a lease dispute on Friday. The 60-year-old Japanese owner, Higuchi Kazuo (樋口和), ...

The restaurant is a one-woman operation, serving up fresh, warm onigiri and other simple, homestyle Japanese dishes that have made it a go-to for Hamilton Heights regulars. Open Thursday through ...

After studying in Japan and living off convenience-store onigiri, our intern has finally found a great local option.

As of January 2025, 2,162 onigiri outlets were registered on the Tabelog restaurant search and reservation service, up 1.7-fold from 1,301 in the same month of 2020. Komeda Co., operator of the ...

This episode features a collection of onigiri rice balls that fuel artisans across Japan. From a roof tile artisan who loves rice cooked in a clay pot to beat the summer heat, to gardeners ...

The $145 set menu includes eleven dishes featuring fresh seafood, meat and produce from owner Allan Greenfield’s century-old Ferndale Organics farm. They’re served at once on housemade ceramic ...

Onigiri—Japanese rice balls—are a classic home-cooked dish that anyone can make. Chef Rika and an expert show us ways to make delicious onigiri, starting from the beginning: cooking the rice ...

The word ''onigiri'' became part of the Oxford English Dictionary this year, proof that the humble sticky-rice ball and mainstay of Japanese food has entered the global lexicon.