I’m looking at a Japanese recipe and it says 1 go (合) of rice. What is this? In Japan, g and kg are commonly used as units of weight. However, for rice, special units are also used, such as go or hyo. When cooking rice, recipes use go (合). It may be helpful to remember that 1 g = 150 g = 5.29 oz when cooking rice. In this article, I will introduce the units used for rice and why we use various units. Units of Rice The following units have been used in Japan since ancient times to express the amount of rice. 勺（shaku） 合 （go） 升（sho） 斗（to） 俵（hyo） … Continue reading Learn the special units of rice in Japan – go, hyo, etc.