They used rice bags. “There wasn’t a lot of fabric around, or people who were working on the plantation didn’t have the money to go out and buy fabric,” said Andy Reilly, ...

With that, he started his business from his rice shop in Fukuoka, southern Japan. Mr Ono was quoted saying that he has expanded his product range to include wedding-related rice bags.

The bags came to light last week when a Twitter user wrote "I can't believe this is real" while sharing a picture of a Basmati rice tote bag, which is exactly what is sounds like - a sack ...

For Brooklyn-based designer Zeynab Izadyar of the label VVORK VVORK VVORK, a rice bag is not just a simple rice bag, but rather a layered piece of art. For the last few years, Izadyar has been ...

While many said that the Basmati rice bags were bizarre, others applauded people for recycling and reusing. The tweet has gone viral on Twitter with over 74,000 likes and around 10,000 retweets.