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Price of rice in Japan falls below ¥4k per 5kg

(www.japantimes.co.jp)
126 points PaulHoule | 4 comments | 30 Jun 25 19:54 UTC | HN request time: 0.711s | source
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jmpman ◴[30 Jun 25 21:24 UTC] No.44428040[source]▶
I can buy rice at Costco in the US for $25 for 50lbs, which is equivalent to 854 yen for 5KG. A bit less than 1/4 the cost of Japanese grown rice.
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apeescape ◴[30 Jun 25 22:46 UTC] No.44428732[source]▶
Isn't Japanese rice pretty different to Costco rice? Genuine question.
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Izikiel43 ◴[30 Jun 25 22:50 UTC] No.44428760[source]▶
Japanese rice variety I think is called Japonica. I'm not sure if costco sells it.
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1. daedrdev ◴[30 Jun 25 23:31 UTC] No.44429035[source]▶
Calrose, the primary rice grown in California is a Japonica, its just Japanese rice grown in America. Tamanishiki, which is one of the high grade sushi rices is grown in the US and Japan

It is O. s. subsp. japonica

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2. ac29 ◴[01 Jul 25 00:33 UTC] No.44429417[source]▶
> Calrose, the primary rice grown in California

Surprising, because while its widely available in California it seems to be a tiny minority of available rice. A search I did says it is 80% of California's crop, so presumably a lot of it is exported?

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3. jeffbee ◴[01 Jul 25 00:55 UTC] No.44429517[source]▶
It doesn't serve every culinary purpose and most California grocery shoppers are not Japanese. You wouldn't make Moros y Cristianos with it. You wouldn't make Hoppin' John with it. It's no good for your Indian menu. It isn't really what you'd serve beside fried chicken.

There is no "best rice" any more than there is "best pants".

4. Izikiel43 ◴[01 Jul 25 02:34 UTC] No.44430048[source]▶
Good to know, however I always buy short grain brown rice, I like that one better.