Exciting news for our faithful subscribers! We will soon be introducing a new and even better newsletter from Zojirushi, with more fun facts, helpful hints and devilish deliciousness. Can you believe we’ve been in your mailbox since 2008? Thank you so much for following us all these years. Stay tuned for our brand new chapter coming soon in a couple of months. Hold on to your chopsticks!
Over the years we’ve introduced many new and innovative products from our development team. We’ve also shown you how they work so you can be better informed, whether you’re looking to buy one or already own one. We hope we’ve shared some useful information with y’all!
Vol.186 • SEP. 2024
Rice Cookers—As a rice cooker company, Zojirushi has taken the lead in researching the best ways to cook rice so you can enjoy that maximum deliciousness at home.
Vol.185 • AUG. 2024
Breadmakers—There are so many ways to enjoy baking at home, we’ve been happy to show you all the menu options and ways to expand beyond just bread.
Vol.184 • JULY 2024
Drink Bottles—We’ve added more varieties and more colors of mugs, bottles and tumblers every year; more for you to choose, more styles to match your lifestyle.
Vol.167 • FEB 2023
Coffee Makers—We’ve leveled up the art of brewing coffee by bringing you brewers that not only serve the best tasting coffee, but have menu settings for different varieties.
We love taking care of our stuff, and we hope you do too. All of our cleaning tips are designed to not only clean, but to maintain your Zojirushi products so they can perform at their best for as long as you own them. One of the best things that make us the happiest is when users tell us how their Zojirushi product has lasted them for a long time. Keep up the good work!
Vol. 180 • MAR. 2024
Not everything lasts forever—There are parts on your Zojirushi that can and need to be replaced after normal wear. The good news is that once it’s done, you’re golden!
Vol. 169 • APR. 2023
Get at those nooks and crannies—We’ve pointed out specific areas that are sometimes overlooked or hard to see when doing normal washing or cleaning.
Vol. 157 • APR. 2022
Your Breadmaker—It has concealed areas that need periodic servicing. Our maintenance tips have shown you where to look and how to clean them.
Vol. 156 • MAR. 2022
Your Rice Cooker—We know it is important to you and keeping it clean goes a long way to having it perform well. We hope our expertise has helped you over the years.
Zojirushi has always been about bringing friends and family together, but it’s important to have fun with our products too! Let’s revisit some of the fun times we’ve had—hopefully we’ve made cooking more enjoyable while you learned how to expand your cooking skills.
Vol. 187 • OCT. 2024
We started our support for Onigiri Action, a program to help bring school lunches to kids with food insecurity. We showed how onigiri culture can be both fun and helpful too.
Vol. 170 • MAR. 2023
Zojirushi does not miss holidays. We’ve come up with lots of ways to celebrate them, and some of our best ones were to cook special dishes for Mom on Mother’s Day.
Vol. 150 • SEP. 2021
Our Lunch Jar is the ultimate bento box, and what better way to make the famous Japanese “character bento” than having an insulated lunch kit that keeps it all warm.
Vol. 136 • JULY 2020
Do you remember our Hello Kitty® issue? Don’t forget that any meal can be turned into a fun event for your kids with just a little imagination and creativity.
Our recipe library over the years has grown tremendously and been the backbone of Zojirushi 101. We hope you’ve had fun making them and expanding your repertoire. We dedicated ourselves to dropping a new recipe or two into your mailbox every month. Our mission was to present Japanese food culture and our concept of deliciousness from our point of view.
Vol. 191 • FEB. 2025
We showed you the value of brewing tea with the right water temperature and how to use your water boilers to its full potential.
Vol. 190 • JAN. 2025
Ichijyu-sansai, a concept in how Japanese meals are constructed, was featured so that the balance in nutrition, taste and visual appeal could be applied to Western cooking.
Vol. 131 • FEB. 2020
Japanese rice recipes in particular were our favorite. Not only did the recipes show you different ways to cook rice, but also all the dishes that go perfectly with plain white rice.
Vol. 130 • JAN. 2020
The Japanese concept of ikkadanran, which places importance on the family dining together, fits perfectly with nabe style cooking and our recipes for our electric skillets.
We are under construction as we build our new look and new content Zojirushi newsletter. We’re looking forward to seeing you again on the other side; in the meantime, happy cooking from the gang at Zojirushi. We’ll be back soon!
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