Onigiri Action 2024

This year we saw many beautiful Onigiri photos posted from 52 countries around the world. The passion to support children in need connected us all, and is allowing us to bring 1,464,180 school meals* to them.

Thank you very much to everyone for your support and participation!

Best Onigiri Awards 2024

Winners to be announced on the website.

  • 10th Anniversary Award

  • Best Team Award

  • Creative Onigiri Award

  • Onigiri Kids Award

  • OAnimal Onigiri Award

  • coming soon

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    HOW TO PARTICIPATE

    Any photo related to an Onigiri is welcome!

    • - Making or eating an Onigiri
    • - Doing an Onigiri pose or hand sign
    • - Onigiri art (origami, drawing, etc.)
    • Be creative!
    HOW TO UPLOAD HOW TO UPLOAD

    #OnigiriAction Partner Organizations

    A portion of the proceeds will be donated for school meals
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    Join an Event

    The Onigiri Cup 2024

    Date: Start on Oct 3

    Venue: Social Media or In-person events

    Vote for your favorite onigiri! Which onigiri do you like best? Let's vote together to determine the most popular onigiri filling in the U.S.! Check our Instagram to vote! The selected most popular onigiri will be donated to students in the U.S.

    Nationwide Celebration Connect 10 cities!

    Date: Nov (TBD)

    Venue: Online and In-person in 10 cities

    This is a hybrid #OnigiriAction event connecting 10 cities across the United States to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Onigiri Action! Let’s unite to bring many school meals to children in need.

    US-Japan College Relay Onigiri Action Baton Touch / バトンタッチ!

    Date: Oct 16 - Nov 6

    Venue: Instagram

    This is a collaborative initiative for American and Japanese university students. Students will compete on the speed and creativity! Check how it works and register your club and organization!

    Check out our new events here!
    Follow us on social media for more event information!

    We are celebrating the 10th Onigiri Action this year. Even if the power of each individual is small, we can come together to change the world. Together, we are creating a tomorrow that is just a little bit better than today. Without you, we couldn’t have made it this far in our journey. We are delivering school meals to many children and supporting their learning and dreams. We express our sincere gratitude to everyone who has been supporting us.

    OUR IMPACT

    10million School Meals

    The number of school meals delivered

    By 2023, we delivered over 10 million school meals, providing for approximately 5,600 children each year for nine years.

    1.85million Photos

    Number of photos posted

    Between 2015 and 2023, through the 9 Onigiri Action campaigns, we collected 1.85 million photos of Onigiri. If you were to stack 1.85 million sheets of 0.2mm thick photo paper, the stack would be approximately 370 meters high- taller than Tokyo Tower, which stands at 333 meters.

    66countries, 5 continents

    The number of countries participated

    Onigiri Action is a social good initiative open to anyone worldwide. To date, we've received onigiri photos from 66 countries across all continents, excluding Antarctica.

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