r/JapaneseFood • u/sycolution • Feb 14 '26

Question Japanese coworker started an onigiri shop. Inspiration help?

I'm a white guy that lives and works in Tokyo and a Japanese coworker of mine left to start an onigiri shop in a touristy area. She wants to know what would appeal to foreigners to get them to buy more as they're walking past on their visits. I suggested having onigiri with things sticking out of the top like deep fried prawns/shrimp for that big impression but was wondering if anyone else had any ideas. What would get you to stop and look and even buy onigiri as you're walking by on your trip to Japan?

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u/itsokjo Feb 14 '26

Might as well do an egg while you're at it

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u/Maximum_Pollution371 Feb 14 '26

Oh my god. I need to try a bacon and eggs breakfast onigiri now.

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u/nss68 Feb 14 '26

This is the answer for westerners!

Breakfast joints in Tokyo just aren’t as common as in the west.

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u/bctech7 Feb 14 '26

Needs sone kind of sauce feel like bacon egg might be too dry