Musubi Chef Yumiko Ukon 右近由美子
Yumiko Ukon “Sacred Keeper of Onigiri” 右近由美子 (6.23.1952- current) the Niigata-ken onigiri master who was born in Niigata Prefecture in Niigata City is the proprietress of the rice ball shop "Onigiri Bongo" おにぎりぼんご. She is an Onigiri Ambassador of the Onigiri Association and is known to make a place so important to onigiri lovers that there is a sacred pilgrimage of onigiri in Tokyo’s area of Otsuka. She has had international acclaim and helped create a demand for even better options of Onigiri Specialty Stores. In the mind of many who visit the store see it as a sacred training spot where they can be apprentices to get the training and mastery needed to open their own onigiri shops. This has led more people to prefer rice with the variations and specialties that people have been making with some even choosing rice over bread. In has people from all over the country trying rice again using Tokyo variations as the generic menu options, and onigiri bongo as the otsuka specifi...