tiredofsametab

In at least parts of northern Japan, a lot are set at 90 degrees to each other so wind doesn’t blow straight in (along with the snow/dirt)

What kind of response is this? If there were actual facts to present, then it would be useful to the thread and the concept of this community.

It looks like you can buy aftermarket inner pots that don’t have teflon. I tried poking around the website here in Japan and it looks like the new ones use a different coating (there was something in the news about teflon a couple years ago so this is entirely possible), but I can’t be sure without downloading and pouring through manuals. You could probably do the same on Zojirushi’s US website.

It’s a Korean brand, probably better than the Japanese brands

Citation? My Japanese one is > 8 years old and still going strong making perfect rice. My in-laws have had theirs longer. I’ve never used a Korean one to compare anything, but no complaints with mine.

doesn’t easily get nasty AF

Background? What the hell are you doing with your rice cooker?!

I have a Japanese zojirushi I bought about 8 years ago. Fuzzy logic, induction, etc. Still going strong and I don’t find it hard to clean. Every one I used (such as my first year in Japan at a sharehouse) worked well and lasted.