Japonica rice is hybrid rice, a lot of rice is actually hybrid rice, including indica rice and japonica rice, are produced by hybrid rice rice, japonica rice appearance appears thick and short, slightly transparent, suitable for cooking rice, porridge, taste soft, tough.

Japonica rice, the Cantonese called "fat rice", cooking congee and rice is relatively soft, common northeastern rice, pearl rice, Jiangsu round rice belongs to Japonica rice.