Dried Grains & Rice - Japanese Style Short Grain Sticky White Rice - Premium Quality Microwavable Ready To Eat Cooked Sushi Rice, 7.4 Ounce (Pack of 12)

Shirakiku used to sell Japanese microwave rice (gohan) in a rectangular container, similar to Katokichi - Takitate Gohan instant Japanese rice. When I used to purchase this at a Japanese market, it would be ~$7/3 pack (a little over 7 oz each). I don't know if Shirakiku still sells those or not, but they've gotten into the bowl containers, similar to other companies like Nishiki. And the bowls are what you are buying with this package deal. For a start, the rice flavor is as good as I remember. In bowl form, one only needs a minute or so to microwave, vs. the two minutes in the old packaging. And for the batch I got, it wasn't as sticky. When I would buy this in the old packaging, I could put a large pat of butter and melt it in with no "crumbling" of the sticky rice. But with this batch. it wasn't the same experience. No big deal, but I thought I'd mention it. As others have mentioned, the price is high per package. When I purchased, it was $26 for the lot (a bit over $2 per bowl),and it is going up. With no shipping, the price per unit was somewhat less than the Japanese market I could order from, and less that other Japanese brands at Walmart. (That could quickly not be true if the price keeps going up.) But I like the convenience, so the price is worth it to me.

I’ve order these cases about 4 times now, each time they are in amazing quality, the taste is as it should be & its so easy to make, only a minute in the microwave & you have rice ready. It’s super convenient

It's the easiest way to have a precooked rice. It takes only one minute in the microwave. How convenient!

Excellent single meal portions and is a great rice taste. Cooking time 1 minute. Can't beat that

This product is the best thing ever! When you are in a rush to make dinner, eat rice or you know that the rest of the family wont eat rice, this is my go to. Perfect portion, lasts a while compared to fresh cooked rice. But the product also tastes like it was made that day. No waste!

As a diabetic, I must watch my intake of carbohydrates. I do not have to cook a whole pot of rice. The rice tastes good and the texture is sticky rice. PERFECT

This is the best tasting microwave sticky rice. Heats in 1 minute. Great price too for pack of 12.

UPDATE: Idk if they made new packaging or what, but the past few months it’s been fairly impossible to take the plastic off the top by just pulling the tab. It used to be SUPER easy. Now I’m literally scraping skin off my fingers trying to do it and STILL failing. The rice is great. FIX YOUR PACKAGING!!!! Whatever you did to change the plastic on the top, change it BACK! I lowered my rating a star because of it. I eat this rice nightly at home, in Hawaii. When I was traveling for 2 months for work, I found myself needing rice in the mainland. This costs more than double what I can get it at home, so I almost didn't go for it. But I ended up doing it and was glad. I satisfied my craving, even though it cost me. This would be 5 stars if it were more affordable.