These are “Mini Japanese steamer” which is useful for steaming food.
Please prepare a pot separately and use it as a set of cooking utensils.

Made from “Kiso Hinoki” in Gifu, Japan, we present three smaller sizes that are easy to handle.

“Kiso Hinoki” is a natural Japanese cypress found in the southern Hida and Tōnō regions of Gifu Prefecture, and has long been used as a high-quality building material, including the heartwood for the five-story pagoda of Hōryūji (Hōryū Temple).

Its fine grain, elasticity, and uniformity with little distortion make it an ideal material for making steamer.

This page introduces three sizes:
15cm (5.91″), 18cm (7.09″), and 21cm (8.27″).

Watch the video to see how the rice is steamed.
*Please be careful not to burn yourself as the steamer gets quite hot after steaming.

The well-steamed rice contains sufficient moisture and is moderately fluffy.
It was as if the rice was freshly cooked and tasted great as Onigiri (rice balls).

Unlike boiling or frying, it is not too hot and does not lose nutrients,
and it is also a great way to enjoy vegetables, seafood,
and other ingredients without losing any of their flavor.

Reheat white or brown rice, or even Chinese buns.

Our impression after using both Chinese and Japanese steamers is that the Chinese steamer can steam food for 5 to 10 minutes in a shorter time,
while the Japanese steamer is better suited for slow steaming when cooking food for more than 10 minutes.

In any case, its warmth, taste, and texture are all exceptional, completely different from when using a microwave oven!
It is also delicious even when it is cold. Another feature of cooking in a steamer is that it tastes good even after it cools down.

Using only heat and moisture,
“Mini Japanese steamer” is a simple but profound way to bring out the flavor, texture, and deliciousness of ingredients.

Steamers which can be stacked in several layers and steamed at once,
will be useful all year round as a cooking tool in your busy life,
not to mention in the winter season when you are happy to have hot food.

After drying thoroughly, place it in a well-ventilated place (such as an open rack shelf)
or wrap it in paper or store it in a paper bag when not in use for a while.

There is also a “Toyama/Aluminum stepped pot with 3 sizes” that corresponds to each of the 3 sizes of Mini Japanese steamer.

Not too big, not too small,
the stepped pot fits perfectly and is useful not only for steaming dishes in a set with Mini Japanese steamer,
but also as a cooking pot on its own.

This page shows only the steamer (body + lid + bamboo mat set).
You can purchase the corresponding stepped pots from the links at the bottom of this page.

Please select your favorite size and combination.

*Click here to see the page of “Toyama/Aluminum stepped pot with 3 sizes