hey guys how's it going my name is
Michaela and today I'd like to talk
about a very very basic one of the most
basic foods that you can find in Japan
oh yes that's right
Japanese only and gaited Japanese on a
kiddie or a very traditional snack and a
great source of energy from when you're
on the go and you don't have time to
actually sit down and eat a common
misconception is that onigiri is also
sushi while Omega T is also rice seaweed
and then filling it's actually not sushi
the difference between onigiri and sushi
is the type of rice sushi uses vinegared
rice and onigiri uses plain or salted
rice onigiri can be found in convenience
stores in supermarkets and there are
even specialty shops that specialize in
selling um only onigiri like different
types of really really special
ordinary delicious on me I don't know
I've never gone but if they exist but I
found as a foreigner when I first came
to Japan there were two major challenges
that I faced when buying Japanese and
eating one of the first problems that I
had was that I could not for the life of
me read or understand what these kanji
were so I had no idea what was inside
the onigiri some Oni giddy especially
non-traditional types will have photos
on the cover so it's easier to
understand but more often than not the
traditional types of onigiri are just
words on a package so if you don't know
what's inside it can be kind of
difficult to buy them the second problem
I had was that I had no idea how to open
these if you don't know what you're
doing and you don't know how to open an
onigiri it can be a very very
frustrating experience in order to
preserve the freshness and the
crunchiness of the seaweed this package
has been specially designed to keep the
rice and the seaweeds separated until
you open and eat it therefore it can be
a little bit tricky to open um but I
will walk you through it right now so
hopefully by the time you have your
first onigiri you will be the level 1
Master Pro of owning giddy not that
there's a test or certification or
anything but you know there might be one
day and when there is it the the master
it will
bu this is one of the very basic
oddities this one is sea chicken
mayonnaise sheeting my own is it sea
chicken is the name for tuna flakes in
Japan so sea chicken mayonnaise is tuna
flakes and mayonnaise sounds simple
right now let's learn how to open it
although it's marked in kanji you can
see that there is a 1 a 2 and a 3
labeled on the onigiri package first
we're going to start by pulling down
number 1 and it's going to go all the
way back now we're left with 2 and 3 and
these are really simple you just have to
pull and there we have it a nice crisp
crunchy onigiri rice ball this is sea
chicken and mayonnaise on ugd not bad
right it's mostly rice and seaweed with
a little bit of filling on the inside
next we have Kishu non-coal by the only
cons you that you really need to
remember here is this one which means
Lumet you can more or less expect that
it's going to be salty and sour so you
can see on the inside of this one it's
kind of like a jam it's very sour and
salty and I didn't really like it at
first but I really find that eating you
may in the summer helps beat summer
fatigue it stops you from getting like
really really tired and worn out next we
have hidaka kombu and the important
kanji to remember here is these two
kombu which means kelp he ductile is a
place in Hokkaido
I believe so the filling in this onigiri
will be kelp let's take a look know if
you can see but there's definitely some
seaweed action going on up in here and
um it's very a soft and chewy and it has
a very sweet taste I would say the sauce
gives it a very sweet saucy taste if
you're into that you don't want to eat
fish this might be a good choice for you
next we have cut a sheet uh Kona and
tuck on is something that I've always
had trouble explaining to my Canadian
friends because we don't eat it in
Canada but
um the if you look it up online it says
its mustard leaf but it's just the very
it's very leafy vegetable similar to
other leafy vegetables and they use it a
lot in cooking here in Japan karachi is
another really common kanji that you
should probably learn because it means
spicy any type of food that starts with
coffee is probably going to be a little
bit spicy so you can see it is a little
bit leafy I would say it has the
consistency of spinach but it is spicy
it's a little bit more spicy than you
would expect this one is called Benny
Zeca and this is usually written either
as Benny zakat or Sukkot and this is
salmon fish flakes this is also very
very common and not too frightening to
eat and this is what it looks like on
the inside salmon flakes cool and
finally one of the more common ones
especially here in Kyushu is karashi
it's a congee and Karachi mint I call
and meant ICO is a type of fish eggs and
it's very popular especially here in
Fukuoka I've actually made a video about
it before in the past it looks very
similar to the salmon one but this one
definitely has more of a fishy
definitive fishy taste and a little bit
of a bite because it is spicy but it's
really good so these are some of the
basic types of traditional Japanese Oni
GD but aside from that depending on the
season and depending on what's popular
you might find other types of onigiri
available for limited times as well such
as pork and kimchi onigiri this one is
packaged it already comes wrapped in
seaweed so you don't need to figure out
how to open it yaki socket pot ami which
it's one of my favorites it's usually a
whole kind of hanami salmon inside the
onigiri not the flakes but like an
entire piece of fish so as I mentioned
before on a giddy are a great source of
energy and not only that but they're
really cheap I know that when I first
came to Japan and I was living on a
budget it was really hard to you know
eat food eat good food eat traditional
Japanese food on the cheap you will
usually find them costing between 100 to
200 yen this ones 121 yen 130 ends with
dollar 30 and when you have school and
you have work when you don't have a lot
of time to
down and eat onigiri can be a lifesaver
so don't be afraid to be adventurous and
have fun let me know what your favorite
Oni media is down in the comments and I
will talk to you soon yep