Premium Koshihikari Rice from Niigata – Japan’s Most Celebrated Rice Region | Luxurious Short Grain for Sushi, Onigiri, Donburi & Bento | 精米 新潟県産コシヒカリ – 11 LB (2025 Crop)

I've used California-grown koshihikari rice for a couple of years and was curious if there truly is a noticeable difference with Niigata-grown. This product has a significantly finer texture, and brighter aroma and taste; what a pleasant surprise! Rice this delicious really does hold its own served plain in a bowl to the side, and I will gladly buy this again.

This is the best rice I've ever eaten. It's nice and sticky, slightly sweet, and a perfect chew. While you can wash i prefer not to. My Zojirushi cooks it just fine. I haven't seen any bugs or other contaminates. Smells great. Definitely worth the money.

Would leave a zero star if possible. Product arrived without visible damage, opened it and the color was off for premium Japanese rice, very grayish than usual. After washing, the water was super murky and gray in color. After its cooked in the rice cooker, the rice smelled mildewing and tasted extremely off. Super gross.

I have no problem eating rice grown in the US, but this is better. The appearance is different, this is more translucent looking than I'm used to. The texture is different, it's plenty sticky but less gummy. I find the flavor is much better too. I'm not a rice snob, and I find most japonica rice great. This stuff is better than even the high end japonica. To me it's worth the price difference.

I bought this while half asleep and do not regret my purchase! While I wish it was a larger bag, I see why the price is what it is for the 5 kg bag. Washing is very easy, runs clear rather quickly. The grains are beautiful and have a lovely firm texture and taste. If you love good Japanese short grain rice, definitely recommend trying this bag! My only complaint is that I wish there were more weight in the bag, I wanted to fill my dispenser with this delicious rice!

The food in the US is terrible. This rice is amazing. I can eat like 2 cups a day and lose weight. Love it. I make rice every day and this rice is always delicoous and sticky in my rice cooker.

Cooked in a Zojirushi NS-ZAC18, on “harder” mode, using the sushi rice level of water. Grains are large-ish for koshihikari, translucent and fairly clear before the rinse and pearly white after cooking. Virtually zero broken grains. Aroma, fairly strong with a nice raw oat quality. Flavor, a bit mild. Texture, very good but kind of mushy when the rice is too hot. Once cooled a bit, takes on a nice al dente bite. Good grain separation (I do not soak and consider too much stickiness to be a defect). Handles sauces well after cooling and does not get mushy. Bit on the pricey side or I would give it five stars. All in all a top choice among the various rice brands I’ve ordered from Amazon.

Uniform and clear-looking grains. Just looking at this stuff you can tell it's high quality. I've had premium Niigata rice sent to me from a friend in Japan, and this stuff was just as tasty. Far better than any of the California grown short-grain rice I've tried. Would highly recommend for all of your sticky rice needs.