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Well recent high end rice cooker design has trended towards black square designs like this $500 Hitachi https://www.amazon.co.jp/日立-圧力スチームIHジャー炊飯器（5-5合炊き）-フロストブ
by porknubbins 6y ago
Well recent high end rice cooker design has trended towards black square designs like this $500 Hitachi https://www.amazon.co.jp/日立-圧力スチームIHジャー炊飯器（5-5合炊き）-フロストブラックHITACHI-圧力スチーム-RZ-W100CM-K/dp/B07TQHDYMS/ref=mp_s_a_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=炊飯器&qid=1608611106&refinements=p_n_price_fma%3A401054011&rnid=401049011&s=home&sr=1-2 https://www.amazon.co.jp/日立-圧力スチームIHジャー炊飯器（5-5合炊き）-フロストブラックH... but in general there are lots of ugly plastic objects in Japan. I think the design elements we appreciate in the West is a subset filtered through tastemakers who brought it over.