"James Silverton" > wrote in message
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>
> "D. Lutjen" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Instead of using a microwave (which I have never witnessed for
> cooking
> > rice), try using a stove top recipe. Did it that way for months
> when living
> > in Japan before I finally broke down and bought a National rice
> cooker.
> >
> > Or, you can take all the guesswork out of it and buy a decent rice
> cooker.
> >
> >
> >
>
> I don't know a lot of Japanese people but those who I have asked
> assure me that an automatic rice cooker is the normal method in Japan.
> There are even models with timers so that the rice will ready for
> breakfast. Did you find many people in Japan who used mystical,
> traditional pot cooking?
>
>

Yes. literally every household in Japan has an automatic rice cooker.
There are some places out in the country that still makes rice using the
large traditional "kama". Also there are probably young people, college
students who
make rice with a pot and lid.