A second major rice variety used in Japan is mochigome. Mochigome is glutinous rice, also called sticky rice or sweet rice. There are long grain (more Thai/Chinese) and round grain varieties. Japanese mochigome is a round grain variety.
Mochi-rice is normally steamed and cooked to make sticky rice cake (mochi). There are few japanese dishes with mochi rice: okowa, rice with veggies and sekihan (red rice) with azuki beans.