Table For Two

10/23/2026

Thank you, Zojirushi America, for supporting from our very first campaign through our 12th! The rice cookers you’ve generously provided help us make delicious onigiri, while your support helps provide school meals to children in need around the world 🍙🌎

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Onigiri Action is back. 🍙 For every photo posted with , Table for Two donates school meals to children in need. Start with the basics: a Classically Built Onigiri with rice from your Zojirushi rice cooker, salt, nori, and your favorite filling.

Ingredients (makes 4)
2 cups cooked Japanese short-grain rice
½ tsp salt
Nori strips
Classic fillings: umeboshi, broiled salmon (or tuna mayo, bonito flakes)

Cook rice in Zojirushi rice cooker
Sprinkle cooked rice with salt and gently fluff
Place a piece of plastic wrap in a small bowl, add ⅛ of the rice
Press a small dimple in the center, add filling
Top with more rice, gather plastic wrap and shape into a triangle by squeezing gently
Wrap nori around the bottom

Full recipe at the link in bio.
TableForTwo

10/21/2026

We want to see your best Onigiri photos! 🍙📸

Submit your photos on our campaign website or tag us on your social media with to enter the 2026 Best Onigiri Award for the following awards:

A) Best Team Award
B) Creative Onigiri Award
C) Animal Onigiri Award
D) Onigiri Kids Award
E) Best New Flavor Onigiri Award

Visit our campaign website: https://usa.tablefor2.org/onigiri-action (link in bio)

10/21/2026

Thank you Consulate-General JP Nashville for participating in ! We’re teaming up with Japanese consulates nationwide through the , and we can’t wait to see the impact we’ll make together!

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🍙✨Have you tried yaki-onigiri?

Onigiri are classic Japanese rice balls, but yaki-onigiri are extra delicious—they're brushed with savory soy sauce or miso paste and grilled until warm, smoky, and crispy! 🤤🔥

On Sunday, October 11, Consul-General Watanabe and Residence Chef Akiyama joined the JETAAMC potluck party to make fresh yaki-onigiri for

🤝Make a difference with every photo:

Post ANY photo of a rice ball using between Oct 8 – Nov 17, and TABLE FOR TWO will donate 5 school meals to children in need! 🏫🌾

Show us your rice balls and join the action today! 📸👇

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10/21/2026

📸 Comment here to join Onigiri Action 2026!
Onigiri Action 2026 runs through November 17!
-This is our tally post, so here’s how to take part-

How to join:

- Comment on this post with an onigiri photo
- Include in your comment (you can add a message too!)

⚠The hashtag must be spelled exactly as shown. Misspellings or variations like won’t count.

Every comment = 5 school meals, and our team counts each one by hand.

Good to know:

- Anytime you comment on this post through the campaign it will be counted toward our worldwide total for school meals.
- Facebook is a trial channel this year, so it’s not on our official list yet. Your comments will still count!

We can’t wait to see your onigiri! 🍙

----About Onigiri Action 2026 (Oct 8 – Nov 17)----
Onigiri Action is an annual social good campaign connecting the simple act of taking a photo with helping to feed school children in need. Every time someone takes a photo of a Japanese rice ball and posts on social media with or posts on the campaign website, five school meals are donated to children in need around the world!

https://usa.tablefor2.org/onigiri-action

10/20/2026

What a fun photo from 日本語クラス, led by our Wa-Sho Seeds instructor 🍙

Thank you for your generous support in providing the delicious Kewpie mayonnaise, !

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2026.10.14 日本語APと日本語２のコンボクラスでおにぎり🍙を作りました✌🏻ツナマヨ大好き🫶🏻


#キューピーマヨネーズ
#日本語クラス

10/16/2026

10/15/2026

Thank you to Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago for participating in ! We hope to make a big impact through the by partnering with Japanese consulates across the U.S.

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The Consulate-General of Japan in Chicago has joined , TABLE FOR TWO’s annual global campaign that turns photos of rice balls into 5 school meals for children in need.

To kick things off with a uniquely Illinois touch, Consul-General Oba had an Abraham Lincoln–shaped onigiri, photographed in front of the Abraham Lincoln statue in Chicago’s Lincoln Park (Chicago Park District). Consul-General Oba also has a special message to share about the campaign. Be sure to check it out!

From October 8 to November 17, make onigiri, snap a photo, and share it with . Together, we can share the joy of Japanese food and help feed children around the world, one rice ball at a time! 🌏🍙

10/13/2026

Celebrate the joy of making and sharing food with our friends at this month's online cooking class. Join us on Saturday, October 24 from 5 PM for a fun twist on onigiri with Ouchigohan: Onigirazu!
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We will make two varieties of onigirazu, the sandwich-style cousin of onigiri, plus kabocha no nimono, a cozy simmered squash dish perfect for autumn in Japan. 🍂⁠
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The class is part of Onigiri Action, a global campaign connecting the simple act of making onigiri to provide school meals to children around the world.⁠

🔗Register through the link in our bio: https://www.jasnc.org/jasnc-ouchigohan