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Rice ball shop in Paris

Photo taken Feb. 9, 2024, shows an outlet in Paris of Omusubi Gonbei, a Japanese chain of rice ball shops. Rice balls, called onigiri or omusubi in Japanese, are gaining popularity as a healthy food in the French capital.

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Paris kids prepare 'onigiri' rice balls

PARIS, France - Elementary school students try ''onigiri'' (rice balls) which they prepared themselves at the Japanese booth of an international agricultural trade show in Paris on March 3, 2010, the event's Japan Day. The children were among visitors who sampled various Japanese foods and drinks, including onigiri and ''okonomiyaki'' (savory pancakes).

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Japanese food served at agricultural event in Paris

PARIS, France - A woman serves ''okonomiyaki'' (savory pancakes) to visitors at the Japan booth of an annual international agricultural show on March 3, 2010, the event's Japan Day. Visitors, including 20 local elementary school children, were also introduced to various Japanese foods and drinks, including ''onigiri'' (rice balls).

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Higher food prices shine ray of hope on rice industry

TOKYO, Japan - A young woman enjoys an ''onigiri'' rice ball lunch at a restaurant in Tokyo's Chiyoda Ward.

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Toyoura Town residents take refuge in sports center

TOYOURA, Japan - Residents in the town of Toyoura, Hokkaido, received ''onigiri'' rice balls around noon April 1 at the Toyoura Family Sports Center in the town. They had evacuated to the facility after Mt. Usu in southwestern Hokkaido erupted on March 31. The 732-meter volcano erupted for a fourth time on the afternoon of April 1.

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"Onigirazu" chosen as dish of 2015

Tochi Ueyama, author of the "Cooking Papa" manga series, holds dishes of "onigirazu" in Tokyo on Dec. 7, 2015, as Gurunavi Research Institute chose the same day the innovative take on the traditional "onigiri" rice ball as the dish of the year. Onigirazu, originally created by Ueyama's wife and named by the manga artist who introduced it in the comic series more than 20 years ago, became a sensation in 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Onigirazu" chosen as dish of 2015

Photo taken on Dec. 7, 2015, shows "Onigirazu," an innovative take on the traditional rice ball called "onigiri." An onigirazu, loosely translated as "not gripping," as opposed to "gripping" for onigiri, was chosen by Gurunavi Research Institute on Dec. 7, 2015 as the dish of the year. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Flood-hit Japanese-Brazilian couple eat rice balls at shelter

Liliane Nagao (R), a 50-year-old Japanese-Brazilian, and her husband Sergio eat "onigiri" rice balls on Sept. 10, 2015, at an elementary school in Joso, Ibaraki Prefecture, northeast of Tokyo, where they took shelter immediately after the disastrous flooding that hit the Kinu River basin. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Japanese food served at agricultural event in Paris

PARIS, France - A woman serves ''okonomiyaki'' (savory pancakes) to visitors at the Japan booth of an annual international agricultural show on March 3, 2010, the event's Japan Day. Visitors, including 20 local elementary school children, were also introduced to various Japanese foods and drinks, including ''onigiri'' (rice balls). (Kyodo)

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Paris kids prepare 'onigiri' rice balls

PARIS, France - Elementary school students try ''onigiri'' (rice balls) which they prepared themselves at the Japanese booth of an international agricultural trade show in Paris on March 3, 2010, the event's Japan Day. The children were among visitors who sampled various Japanese foods and drinks, including onigiri and ''okonomiyaki'' (savory pancakes).

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"Onigiri" rice ball

Photo taken on March 15, 2019, shows "onigiri" rice balls sold by convenience store chain Lawson Inc. The rice balls contain "mochi mugi" sticky barley. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Onigiri" rice ball

Undated file photo shows "onigiri" rice balls sold by retail chain Aeon Co. for Nagano Prefecture, central Japan. The rice balls containing pickled "nozawana" leaf vegetable are among onigiri products sold by Aeon on a prefecture-by-prefecture basis, using local ingredients. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Onigiri" rice ball

Undated file photo shows "onigiri" rice balls sold by retail chain Aeon Co. for Japan's northernmost prefecture of Hokkaido. The rice balls with crab meet in them are among onigiri products sold by Aeon on a prefecture-by-prefecture basis, using local ingredients. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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"Onigiri" rice ball

Photo taken on Feb. 20, 2020, shows "onigiri" rice balls newly sold by convenience store chain Seven-Eleven Japan Co. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Toyoura Town residents take refuge in sports center

TOYOURA, Japan - Residents in the town of Toyoura, Hokkaido, received ''onigiri'' rice balls around noon April 1 at the Toyoura Family Sports Center in the town. They had evacuated to the facility after Mt. Usu in southwestern Hokkaido erupted on March 31. The 732-meter volcano erupted for a fourth time on the afternoon of April 1.