What kind of rice do I buy for recipes that call for Japanese

>>8238246
Japanese rice. Little Tokyo.

>>8238246
Yellow rice, obviously.

>>8238254
>>8238252

Thanks for not helping at all. It's not even a stupid question, stop acting like it is.

>>8238312
Look for short grain rice at your local asian grocery.

>>8238246
generally short grain rice will work for japanese stuff. short grain is my preference usually anyway.
>>8238254
i see what you did there

>>8238246
Large asian markets will have pallets of sacks of various rices, as well as smaller bags on shelves. Buy a short grain from Japland. Sushi rice is a special sweet rice that is not used in most jap foods, so don't make that mistake.

Short grain rice.

You can usually find it at health food stores and import markets.

>>8238246
Just do what they do in Japan and get imported Chinese rice.

>>8238246
Go to an asian market (Hmart, if near you). Find rice. Look for Koshihikari rice (it's a type of rice, very tasty). It will likely say California Short grain rice (or similar) at the bottom if the bag.

Alternately, if your local supermarket had an asian section, there's usually "sushi rice" which is also a short grain rice.

>>8238246
As others mentioned before short grain rice. For specific Japanese brands stick with Nishiki.

Kokuho rose works too but it's poo poo tier.

Brands such as Tamanishiki and Tamaki are much more expensive but taste better imo.

>opinions

>>8238385
Japan does not export their rice. The only short grain you can find are from California

>>8238451
>https://www.japancentre.com/en/categories/689-rice
This triggers the weeaboo.

In the US Southeast it's pretty easy to find Calrose or Blue Rose rice. These medium grained rices are decent stand ins for Japanese rice.

>>8238451
yes they do

>>8238451
Wrong. Go to a large asian market and you'll find it if you can read a label, retardlard.

>>8238246
Jasmine rice

>>8238246
Calrose will work and won't be noticeable by anyone who isn't already familiar with Japanese rice.
Yes, you can pay a small fortune to get gen-U-ine imported Japanese rice, but why bother unless you're actually feeding people who care?

>>8238246
Order it on Amazon. That's what I do. Shit is straight from Japan.