Turn leftover dashi kombu into delicious Kombu Onigiri! These Japanese rice balls are packed with umami flavor from simmered kelp and make a perfect snack or lunchbox addition. Instead of discarding ...

Onigiri—Japanese rice balls—are a classic home-cooked dish that anyone can make. Chef Rika and an expert show us ways to make delicious onigiri, starting from the beginning: cooking the rice.

Then the ball is wrapped with seaweed. Even one nice big onigiri would make a meal, although many people would eat more. Yosuke Miura runs Onigiri Asakusa Yadoroku, a restaurant founded in 1954 by ...

“Mum usually makes me ‘onigiri’ [rice balls] which I munch on for energy before I get in the water,” said Shino, who has climbed to 39th in World Surf League’s qualifying series.

Bongo is patronized by many non-Japanese visitors, who make up about 33 percent of customers on certain days. Former employees have opened more than 20 Bongo-style onigiri outlets in Japan and abroad.