FEATURE: New rice dictionary cooking up lexicon for Japan's revered staple
It is often said the Inuit have dozens of words to describe types of snow, and in Japan it is the same for rice. Now a collaborative effort is underway to refine and define the terminology used to describe the nation's dietary staple.
Fumiyo Hayakawa Toshiya Amano National Agricultural Research Organization National Agriculture Food Research Organization In Tsukuba National Agricultural Research Institute
Source: kyodonews.net