Staff members packaging rice balls at Taro Tokyo Onigiri, a shop specialising in Japanese rice balls, known as onigiri, with trendy fillings and toppings, at one of their stores in Tokyo. Wrapped in seaweed and stuffed with delicious fillings, onigiri rice balls are shaking off their reputation as a cheap and uninspiring snack in Japan, and enticing hungry converts abroad. — AFP
WRAPPED in seaweed and stuffed with delicious fillings, “onigiri” rice balls are shaking off their reputation as a cheap and uninspiring snack in Japan – and enticing hungry converts abroad.
Mouth-watering pictures on social media, rising demand for affordable lunches, and a surge in tourism to Japan are all drawing people to the humble onigiri.
