Shibuya rice › Japan Today: Japan News and Discussion

Wednesday 14th October, 01:45 PM JST

Shiho Fujita, 24, right, who established the “Nogyaru” (farm gals) Project, and a model distribute “Shibuya rice” in front of Shibuya Station in Tokyo. Fujita has led the rice-farming project in Akita Prefecture this year to give young people a chance to try rural life and work in the rice-growing industry.

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cleo at 10:31 PM JST - 14th October

Japanese rice is NOT the best. It is a load of empty carbs compared with decent brown rice.

Japanese brown rice is somehow indecent? (apart from the price, of course)
Sarge at 10:36 PM JST - 14th October

Genmai flakes is the only rice I eat. White rice is, as Nemo said, empty carbs, and a bag of brown rice is ridiculously expensive.
cleo at 10:42 PM JST - 14th October

Sarge, if you buy your rice from the local JA, brown rice is cheaper - they charge for polishing it. Still ridiculously expensive, but not because it's brown.
Sarge at 10:51 PM JST - 14th October

Cleo - Thanks.
Monoflow at 10:59 PM JST - 14th October

From my european taste, Jrice is trully the best. Next is Thai...
larguero at 11:07 PM JST - 14th October

I think it is a great initiative. I really wish her the best. A young woman with initiative is not something very common around here...
PepinGalarga at 11:20 PM JST - 14th October

I am in the food business and i can tell you that Japanese rice is way beyond other countries' rice in terms of quality. Even in Japan there are dozens of levels of quality and varios methods of production that increase costs.

"Brown Rice" or genmai is just the unpolished rice. It is more nutritious by far but i prefer polished rice.

Basmati rice from India and Jasmine Rice from Thailand are also good, but completely different taste and aroma.

These girls need to be given an award or something. Perhaps they are already on some government's payroll. Still, it's a noble effort.
wontond at 03:19 AM JST - 15th October

tanorexic!
taisho999 at 03:39 AM JST - 15th October

Are they aspiring to be professional riciscts?
bdiego at 03:42 AM JST - 15th October

No, nemo actually thinks brown and white rice are different varieties of rice. You're not a very plausible racist.
vajra at 04:59 AM JST - 15th October

I'll stick with Himalayan Basmati !
sillygirl at 06:40 AM JST - 15th October

i`ll stick with whatever tastes good with the food i am eating. japanese rice and curry? yuck. japanese rice and japanese food. great.
Icantbelieveit at 06:09 PM JST - 15th October

they have room to grow rice in Shibuya...where?
Miyaratmosphere at 03:20 PM JST - 17th October

omg, look at that hat...my grandpa used to have one just like that.
societymike at 02:31 PM JST - 19th October

sillygirl living up to the name! j/k

I for one love Japanese rice and curry, sooo good!