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Kinuhikari

キヌヒカリ

A short-grain cultivar bred at the national Hokuriku Agricultural Experiment Station (1988) from Koshihikari-derived lines. Its eating quality is on a par with Koshihikari; it is grown from Kantō and Hokuriku to Kinki, Chūgoku and Shikoku.

A pale polished rice grain, illustrated for Kinuhikari.
Kinuhikari — editorial grain study, polished, not to scale. Appearance alone does not establish variety or protected origin.

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