Nodo onigiri shop launches new Ibaraki ingredient lunch set

The onigiri specialty store “nodo,” located in Sakura, Tsukuba City, has introduced a new limited-time lunch menu called the “Ibaraki Umaimon Set” as of September 1, 2026.

Opened in June 2026, the shop is run by a local owner with 20 years of experience in Japanese cuisine. The menu aims to showcase local Ibaraki ingredients through rice balls. The new set, priced at 1,300 yen, includes items such as Hitachi beef minced meat onigiri, corn rice balls made with corn from the staff's own field, Asakura pork ginger stir-fry, fried vegetables, lotus root kinpira, Edosaki pumpkin salad, and red miso soup with local nameko mushrooms. The shop uses rice grown in Ibaraki Prefecture.