Premium Koshihikari Rice from Niigata – Japan’s Most Celebrated Rice Region | Luxurious Short Grain for Sushi, Onigiri, Donburi & Bento | 精米 新潟県産コシヒカリ – 11 LB / 5 KG

This is the best rice I've ever eaten. It's nice and sticky, slightly sweet, and a perfect chew. While you can wash i prefer not to. My Zojirushi cooks it just fine. I haven't seen any bugs or other contaminates. Smells great. Definitely worth the money.

I have no problem eating rice grown in the US, but this is better. The appearance is different, this is more translucent looking than I'm used to. The texture is different, it's plenty sticky but less gummy. I find the flavor is much better too. I'm not a rice snob, and I find most japonica rice great. This stuff is better than even the high end japonica. To me it's worth the price difference.

The food in the US is terrible. This rice is amazing. I can eat like 2 cups a day and lose weight. Love it. I make rice every day and this rice is always delicoous and sticky in my rice cooker.

I’ve bought this brand in the past and it was great. My most recent bag had a bad smell and to it and was full of weevils and live weevil larve. Would recommend being cautious if buying. I’m not sure I will purchase again.

Fantastic rice. Great chew to it, very tasty, perfect complement for stir fry bowl or to use for sushi. Needs lots of rinsing (I do about 10 rinses). Highly recommended!

Uniform and clear-looking grains. Just looking at this stuff you can tell it's high quality. I've had premium Niigata rice sent to me from a friend in Japan, and this stuff was just as tasty. Far better than any of the California grown short-grain rice I've tried. Would highly recommend for all of your sticky rice needs.

Cooked in a Zojirushi NS-ZAC18, on “harder” mode, using the sushi rice level of water. Grains are large-ish for koshihikari, translucent and fairly clear before the rinse and pearly white after cooking. Virtually zero broken grains. Aroma, fairly strong with a nice raw oat quality. Flavor, a bit mild. Texture, very good but kind of mushy when the rice is too hot. Once cooled a bit, takes on a nice al dente bite. Good grain separation (I do not soak and consider too much stickiness to be a defect). Handles sauces well after cooling and does not get mushy. Bit on the pricey side or I would give it five stars. All in all a top choice among the various rice brands I’ve ordered from Amazon.

I can tell just by looking at the grains of rice, that this is some good stuff. Very uniform, short size and nearly translucent appearance. The taste is really good, and it makes excellent sushi that holds its shape/form significantly better than the sushi rice I have bought locally.