onigiri (riceball)

If you go to a convinience store in Japan, you will find this food absolutely.
It is called "onigiri"or "omusubi"which translates riceball in English.
Its shape is usually triangle like in this picture.
(But when we make at home, the shape is ball or triangle , depends on family.)





Unwrapped the package, there is seaweed paper and rice with ingredients like tuna, salmon, bonito flakes. It is so common , handy that many people eat it everyday. I think it is one of our culture. Because sometimes it is written within old story. Nowdays we can see Japanese style convinience stores around the world. But I guess only a few store in overseas are selling onigiri.

Here as companies have competed onigiri's taste and quality, every company has own brand, many kind of taste. We can really enjoy.

Last July one company opened new a Japanese style store in U.S.A. They sell onigiri, too! Since many people don't like seaweed paper, they put sepalate it and rice ball.

onigiri
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onigiri

famima(Japanese style convinience stores in U.S.A)
http://www.famima-usa.com