ShirakikuYuki No Kakera Premium Dried Short Grain Rice | Soft & Fluffy Sweet Sticky Snowflake Sushi Rice | California Milky Queen - 15 lbs (Pack of 1)

This is so far the best rice I can purchase in the US. It is sweeter than other brands, especially when it's cooked in a good Japanese rice cooker. The price is a little higher than other brands and has gotten even higher in the last two years :(

Absolute best rice! After living in Japan, returning to US all rice tasted so gross and plain. It took a while to find a type I liked. I ended up driving an hour away to a local Japanese market and found this rice. Cooked properly it's so fluffy and tender, prefect stickiness or for soups etc. Couldn't say more the flavor is astounding. Been buying it for 4 years. Sadly moved away from that store so thank goodness it's available on Amazon! Only tip, check the dates on the bags that come in because I always had really new stuff from the market, but sometimes the bags I received by mail were older. In that case I'd recommend a return because old rice doesn't taste the best either.

Too expensive to purchase now.

I've tried so many Asian varieties of rice. The Shirakiku Snowflakes have managed the impossible: each grain is perfect and individual, no clumping or stickiness, yet there is enough adhesion to allow the rice grains to cling together to be used in sushi recipes. The individual grains have a nice texture, slightly firm yet delicate. The flavor is delicate and the aroma is light. Because the grains resist clumping together, it's easy to use the rice for many different types of recipes, it works equally as well in sushi dishes as it does as a short grain fried rice or risotto type dish. It absorbs water effortlessly, and it is very hard to ruin your rice by adding too much water. I do recommend preparing it in a rice cooker, but hopefully you already own one. This is currently my top favorite of all rice varieties, and it's very very hard to find in Asian supermarkets. Definitely worth a try. Enjoy!!!

I have tried many short-grain rice brands. Akitaotome is my usual go-to, but I this popped up, so I thought I would give it a try. I’m so glad I did. Wonderful, sweet and sticky. Super fluffy rice!!! Stays that way regardless of temperature, if sushi makers are wondering. Amazing. I use my Tiger rice cooker, and it comes out perfectly. No clumps, just smooth and sticky rice. Great for sushi, accompanying nabe or other dinners, or even on its own. Fantastic rice.

My usual go-to, Tamaki, was sold out. So I looked around and based on the glowing reviews here, I decided to try this one instead.I cooked the rice in my usual preferred manner -- the "Harder" setting on my Zojirushi NS-ZAC18, and even as it cooked I noticed something missing: There was almost no aroma at all. No delicious rice scent drawing me into the kitchen. Upon opening the cooker I was greeted with a mass of shiny and very, very sticky rice. Flavor? Totally neutral -- about as much character as the aroma.I've tried a few times now, and although I've managed to get slightly better texture by reducing the water, that's not going to create any of that missing aroma or flavor.If you're craving rice that tastes and smells like nothing, but has very tiny grains, you've found your perfect match! If, on the other hand, you actually enjoy eating rice for something other than mouthfeel, look elsewhere. I'll keep a bigger stock of better rices from now on so that I don't run out when a shortage occurs.

I was very disappointed that the rice was not fresh and taste very very bad. I cooked twice and we all couldn't stand the bad quality. I threw it away

This is a really nice rice. It has a mild yet tasty flavor and will soak up juices from the food you are eating as well. There is no sweetness - it's not sweet rice. If you leave it over night in the rice cooker it will not break down and get soggy like, say, Jasmine rice will. The kernels stick to each other well. It is a sticky rice. Be sure not to put too much water because it will become mushy easily when it is cooked.