Sasanishiki

Sasanishiki is a Japanese rice variety from Sendai, Japan.

Suitou Nourin No.150 (Touhoku No.78)
Species	Oryza sativa
Hybrid parentage	'Sasashigure' × 'Hatsunishiki'
Subspecies	O. s. subsp. japonica
Cultivar group	Temperate japonica
Marketing names	Sasanishiki
Origin	Furukawa, Miyagi, Japan 1963

Sasanishiki was created as a mixture of Hatsunishiki and Sasashigure at Furukawa Agricultural Experiment Station in Miyagi Prefecture in Japan in 1963.^[1] The unique feature of this particular kind of Japanese rice is its ability to keep the same taste even when cooling down. This makes it good for sushi, and some sushi restaurants in Japan advertise the use of this rice.

See also

• Japanese rice