Hyogo Prefecture is the main farming area of Yamada Nishiki rice, which is considered the finest rice variety for sake in western Japan. Sake rice varieties are more difficult to grow than staple ...

The winning bid was 62,500 Hong Kong dollars. Brewery Asahi Shuzo Co. held its first-ever contest in 2019 to find the best Yamada Nishiki rice variety to use in Dassai, a renowned “junmai ...

WASHINGTON (Mainichi) -- Soaring rice prices in Japan triggered by the "rice upheaval" last summer have surprised Japanese expatriates in the United States, as it remains cheaper to buy rice there ...

Bags of California-grown "Nishiki" brand rice are seen at an Asian supermarket in Maryland, the United States, Feb. 22, 2025. (Mainichi/Wataru Okubo) The Japanese government has announced plans to ...