Japanese rice
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Japanese rice refers to a number of short-grain cultivars of Japonica rice including ordinary rice and glutinous rice.
From left: brown rice, half-milled rice, white rice
A comparison between Koshihikari and Calrose cultivars. Koshihikari on the left, Calrose on the right.
Sushi by Hiroshige in Edo period
Rice cooker of the Edo period Fukagawa Edo Museum
Arare (food)
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Arare is a type of bite-sized Japanese cracker made from glutinous rice and flavored with soy sauce. The size and shapes are what distinguish arare from senbei. The name is chosen to evoke hailstones
Hina-arare, a variety of arare
Various types of arare
Arare covered peanuts
Store selling arare, okaki, senbei and other rice crackers