{"id":25,"date":"2026-03-11T17:40:16","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T07:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/sisleysawesomewebsite\/?p=25"},"modified":"2026-03-11T17:40:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T07:40:16","slug":"japans-beloved-rice-balls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/sisleysawesomewebsite\/2026\/03\/11\/japans-beloved-rice-balls\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan&#8217;s Beloved Rice Balls"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Onigiri, or Japanese rice balls, are\u00a0<mark>a popular, portable soul food made from steamed white rice, shaped into triangles, balls, or cylinders, and often wrapped in nori seaweed<\/mark>. They are usually stuffed with savory fillings like\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en&amp;q=salmon&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;ved=2ahUKEwieiuHdq5eTAxUrD1kFHdn0DcgQgK4QegYIAQgAEAY\">salmon<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en&amp;q=salted+plum&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;ved=2ahUKEwieiuHdq5eTAxUrD1kFHdn0DcgQgK4QegYIAQgAEAc\">salted plum<\/a>\u00a0(umeboshi), or\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?client=safari&amp;rls=en&amp;q=tuna+mayo&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8&amp;ved=2ahUKEwieiuHdq5eTAxUrD1kFHdn0DcgQgK4QegYIAQgAEAg\">tuna mayo<\/a>. Commonly found in convenience stores, they are a staple, budget-friendly snack or quick meal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Onigiri, or Japanese rice balls, are\u00a0a popular, portable soul food made from steamed white rice, shaped into triangles, balls, or cylinders, and often wrapped in nori seaweed. They are usually stuffed with savory fillings like\u00a0salmon,\u00a0salted plum\u00a0(umeboshi), or\u00a0tuna mayo. Commonly found in convenience stores, they are a staple, budget-friendly snack or quick meal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37785,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/sisleysawesomewebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/sisleysawesomewebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/sisleysawesomewebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/sisleysawesomewebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37785"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/sisleysawesomewebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/sisleysawesomewebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/sisleysawesomewebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25\/revisions\/26"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/sisleysawesomewebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/sisleysawesomewebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.temple.edu\/sisleysawesomewebsite\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}