Own­ers: Koji Kane­matsu and Kan Hasegawa

Onig­illy was the vision of two young Japan­ese friends who decided they wanted to share a tra­di­tional Japan­ese snack with the US.  After mov­ing from Japan, Kan Hasegawa and Koji Kane­matsu won­dered about the abun­dance of sushi restau­rants and the lack of oni­giri shops. With the easy-to-eat and healthy ingre­di­ents they were sur­prised to real­ize that oni­giri didn’t exist in the US and so with the inten­tion to re-imagine a Japan­ese sta­ple along with their excite­ment to share a healthy snack alter­na­tive they formed Onig­illy™.

About the prod­uct: Writ­ings dat­ing far back as the 17th cen­tury states that dur­ing war many samu­rais stored rice balls, oni­giri, wrapped in bam­boo leaves as a quick lunchtime meal. Nowadays, these bite-sized meals that cater to on-the-go, healthy lifestyles are iron­i­cally, much more com­mon than sushi in Japan. Onig­illy, Kan and Koji’s new word for oni­giri, is a sta­ple of the mod­ern Japan­ese diet, one they are look­ing to intro­duce to the Amer­i­can consumer.

Onig­illy sells at Off the Grid Mar­ket at Fort Mason and will soon be unrolling their new food cart in Justin Her­man Plaza, downtown.

Email: Email: info@onigilly.com

Web­site:  www.onigilly.com