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Hotaru UMAI Induction Heating IH Ceramic Rice Cooker

Yum Asia

Our UMAI Induction Heating (IH) technology in a smaller capacity. Incredibly attractive. Superbly modern.

🗲– supplied with detachable Schuko plug and power cord

€219,90

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Rice Cooker Size Guide

Think about how many people you will be cooking for and work from there.... 1ml = 1g
Capacity Uncooked White Rice Cooked White Rice Uncooked Brown Rice Cooked Brown Rice Multicook Number Of People
1 cup 180ml ~360ml ~90ml ~270ml - 1
2.5 cup 450ml ~1350ml ~270ml ~810ml ~900ml 1-2
3.5 cup 630ml ~1890ml ~360ml ~1260ml ~1300ml 1-3
4 cup 720ml ~2160ml ~720ml ~1440ml ~1400ml 1-4
5.5 cup 1000ml ~3000ml ~720ml ~2000ml ~2100ml 1-5
8 cup 1500ml ~4500ml ~1000ml ~3000ml ~3300ml 1-8
10 cup 1800ml ~5400ml ~1500ml ~3600ml - 1-10
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FREE DELIVERY FOR ELECTRICAL ITEMS AND RICE
Belgium, Germany, Netherlands and Luxembourg

We use UPS (sometimes DPD) to get your order to you in good time, safely and with tracking.

UPS DELIVERED

2-3  working days

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€12 FLAT DELIVERY FEE FOR ELECTRICAL ITEMS AND RICE
Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France*, Hungary, Italy, Ireland**, Latvia, Lithuania, Monaco, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain***, Sweden

Low price UPS or DPD delivery to the above countries.

* deliveries to France are mainland France only (we have no delivery service to Corsica)

** customers from Ireland please note that our products are supplied with only an EU Schuko plug, we cannot ship electrical items that have UK plugs from an EU address to Ireland

*** deliveries to Spain are mainland Spain and Balearic islands only (we have no delivery service to Canary Islands)

UPS DELIVERED

2-3  working days

NO FEES

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€37 DELIVERY FEE FOR ELECTRICAL ITEMS AND RICE
Bulgaria, Croatia, Finland and Greece

Low price UPS of DPD delivery to the above countries.

UPS DELIVERED

2-3  working days

NO FEES

Free means free

TRACKED

Secure signed for service

Shipped from Europe

All of the products on this EU website are sent from our warehouse in Amsterdam, Netherlands. This means you do not get charged any import or customs fees. Our warehouse is very efficient in the dispatch of your order. This is usually done during our operating hours which are Monday-Friday (except public holidays).

What happens after payment...

When you get your email order confirmation that means that your purchase is now on our warehouse system and will already be getting preparing your item/s for dispatch. Once UPS (or DPD) have collected your order from our warehouse you will then receive an email containing details of how you can track the location of your delivery.

Delivery transit times

  • Deliveries to Netherlands is usually the next working day after UPS/DPD have collected from us.
  • Deliveries to France, Germany, Belgium and Ireland are usually made within 2 working days after UPS/DPD have collected from us.
  • Deliveries to other European countries are made between 3-5 working days after UPS/DPD have collected from us (this can be longer if you are in a remote area).
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LAST POST DATES

Please see the following dates which are the last post estimates for having a good chance of getting your order received in time for Christmas.

15th December, 2023

Scottish Highlands, Islands and N. Ireland
Orders must be received by 10am GMT

18th December, 2023

General UK Areas (England, Scotland and Wales)
Orders must be received by 10am GMT

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Highly encrypted checkout system

The entire buying process only takes a few minutes.

  1. Put the items you wish to order into your shopping cart and then proceed to checkout when you are ready to pay.
  2. Fill in the details for your shipping address and billing address. Please make sure that your billing address (including post code) matches the address details that your bank has on file (where your statements and cards are sent to) 
  3. Check your shopping cart or proceed straight to checkout.
  4. We accept the following easy,  convenient and secure payment methods:
  • CREDIT OR DEBIT CARD – We accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Maestro, Discovery, JCB, Union Pay, Diners Club. Note also that our system uses 3D secure for an extra level of buyer protection.
  • GOOGLE PAY – This works when you are using Chrome browser and you have a credit or debit card registered on the Google pay system. 
    IMPORTANT! please note that as a ‘one click’ payment solution, this payment method will overwrite any addresses entered on the checkout page so please ensure that your current, correct addresses are stored in your Google Pay account.

  • APPLE PAY – This works when you are using Apple device browsers and you have a credit or debit card registered in your Apple wallet. 
    IMPORTANT! please note that as a ‘one click’ payment solution, this payment method will overwrite any addresses entered on the checkout page so please ensure that your current, correct addresses are stored in your Apple Pay account.

  • KLARNA (Austria, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom). Customers that have billing in these countries can use Klarna to pay for their order. This option will only show when currency is set to GBP for UK billing or EUR for other countries.. Payment terms are shown on each product page for installment based payments.
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  • iDEAL PAYMENTS (Netherlands only) Customers with billing in the Netherlands can use iDEAL to make secure payments via their bank accounts. his option will only show when the shopping cart is set to Euros (please look at the top left of the page, you will see the currency options).
  • EPS PAYMENTS (Austria only) Enables customers in Austria to pay directly via online payouts from their bank account. Customers are redirected to their bank’s payment page to log in and approve payments. Will only show when you select Austria as the billing country and your currency is in Euros.
  • BANCONTACT (Belgium only) Will only show Bancontact when you select Euros as the currency and the billing country is Belgium.

5. If you choose credit/debit card simply insert your card number and CVC code found on your card before clicking ‘PLACE ORDER’.

6. You should then receive a confirmation email. If not then please contact us.

Please note that these payments are instantaneous which means that once you confirm payment the order is passed straight to our warehouse and dispatch can happen very quickly. It is therefore very important to ensure that your delivery details and ordered products are correct as changing a delivery is not possible after ordering.

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WARRANTY INFORMATION
Confidence after the sale

Yum Asia purchases include a comprehensive 2 year warranty (some parts have a 6 month limited warranty).

You get a 30 day return period from when you receive your order for a change of mind on new and unused products. After this time our standard returns policy applies.

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MODERN POWERFUL UMAI IH
Hotaru

Professional induction heating in a neat minimal package full of the latest tech to give you perfect results

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LUXURY IN A REDUCED SIZE PACKAGE

Our Smallest UMAI IH Cooker

Hotaru (Japanese word for firefly - 蛍) is our smallest high-end rice cooker – it’s ideal for singles, couples or a small family. Hotaru is our third smart UMAI Induction Heating (IH) rice cooker with AI for the UK and Europe. It's packed full of unique rice cooking functions that have become incredibly popular. Using microcoil technology we have compacted the induction heating technology into a small capacity rice cooker whilst being able to retain a minimal appearance. We used the foundation of Japanese rice cooking technologies to learn exactly how they worked, chose their best and most useful features, improved on them and incorporated them into Hotaru so it produces professional (better than) restaurant quality rice – every time!

 

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INTUITIVE SMART CONTROL SYSTEM

Hidden Control System With Modern Display

We are well known for being rice cooker experts with decades of experience in cooking rice. For Hotaru, we give a choice of two matte colours which are Chalk White or Slate Grey with a subtle glossy trim. This is complemented by our ice white ‘hidden controls’ with Ice White LED display and advanced Korean Motouch sensitive control panel not only for reasons of hygiene but to keep fingerprints to a minimum and give an easy clean exterior appearance with minimal aesthetics.

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FROM MATERIALS TO TECHNOLOGY

Superior Thoughtful Design

Hotaru has been designed with healthy superior cooking at it's core. It has a stainless steel inner lid and steam tray for the more health conscious. It includes our signature Joubu 3mm ceramic coated inner bowl. Joubu has rice measurement level lines are silk printed for ease of reading and durability. Hotaru itself is easy to clean with removable parts. This means healthy, safe and hygienic cooking.

Built into the lid is a condensate heating evaporator (CHE) which reduces excess moisture during and after cooking and helps collect the condensate into the water collector. Steam hits the inner lid, condenses into water and is evaporated back into steam to reduce liquid and help give more even cooking.

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ENHANCED HEAT DISTRIUBUTION

Hotaru Does The Thinking

Hotaru can cook any rice from raw perfectly. Basmati, Hom Mali jasmine rice, brown rice, short grain (sushi) and more – using it’s UMAI smart brain (+AI). It has been trained to know exactly how these grains are supposed to be cooked and communicates heating parameters to its micro inductive coils. Using multiple heating phases calibrated by our engineers at Yum Asia, fine adjustments are made to each cooking process so you get perfect cooked grains. The UMAI IH enables us to incorporate Yumami (extra tasty) rice and GABA Brown (more nutritious rice). Learn more about these two functions by clicking here.

Hotaru doesn’t stop there! It has a very wide range of add-on functions including slow cook, porridge, steaming, cake and yoghurt in addition to it's many rice functions to give you more possibilities and reduce the number of appliances you need in your kitchen.

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DISCRETE EVERYTHING

Fuji is designed to be functional yet minimal in design
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HIDDEN UNDER DISPLAY

Looks like wood when no display but lights up on touch
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TOUCH AND PRESS HYBRID CONTROLS

Common used buttons are press with added functions being touch sensitive
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PERFECT CAPACITY

4 cup capacity with reduced footprint for your worktop with double insulated exterior
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EASY PRESS LID RELEASE

Large convenient sturdy lid release button
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UK AND EU POWER

Socket can accept both EU and UK power cords for easy use with both power systems
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STAINLESS STEEL INNER LID

SIgnature dimpled high quality stainless steel with condensation collecting dimples
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DETACHABLE VENT AND WATER COLLECTOR

Dual function water collector and vent to prevent over sogging of bowl contents
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POWERFUL UMAI IH

Surround heating controlled by smart brain IH logic to give perfect results every time
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STRONG HINGE

Durable double hinge for sturdy repeated open/close. Long life tested
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DURABLE STEAM TRAY

Food grade PTFE/BPA free plastic steam tray that cannot contaminate food
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JOUBU CERAMIC COATED INNER BOWL

Durable 2mm ceramic coated bowl. No BPA, PTFE, BPA etc
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The Power Of

UMAI IH + Joubu

SEE THE LIGHT WITH THIS POWERFUL COOKER

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Our explainer video shows what makes the UMAI induction Heating system of Hotaru uniquely powerful to cook all types of rice whilst being delicate enough to preserve flavour, aroma and texture.

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ABOUT BRAND

  • 3 cup / 0.54 litre capacity of uncooked rice – enough for 1-3 people
  • ‘UMAI’ (Smart Brain AI) Induction Heating (IH) technology
  • White/long grain, short grain (for sushi), brown rice and tahdig/crust settings
  • ‘Quick’ cook setting for faster white rice cooking
  • ‘Yumami’ (umami extra taste) and GABA brown settings
  • Useful multi-cooker features – steam, porridge, slow cook, cake and yoghurt settings
  • High quality 3mm thick ‘Joubu’ ceramic coated inner bowl with stay cool carry handles
  • 24 hours keep warm function and 24 hours timer feature
  • Full countdown for rice functions
  • State of the art Korean designed ‘Hidden Controls’ with ice white display
  • Chalk white or slate grey matte exterior
  • 3D heating technology with condensate heating evaporator (CHE)
  • Detachable stainless steel inner lid, internal hidden steam cap and condensation collector for easy cleaning
  • Stainless steel steam basket, measuring cup, spatula and soup ladle included
  • 220-240V, 50Hz. Factory made for Europe power. Detachable Schuko plug and cable

ITEM DIMENSIONS

Item Depth (front to back)
30.5cm
Item Width (side to side)
25.5cm
Item Height (base to top)
20cm
Item Weight
3.7kg

PACKAGE DIMENSIONS

Package Depth (front to back)
34.4cm
Package Width (side to side)
29.7cm
Package Height (base to top)
24cm
Package Weight
4.6kg

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Yes. There isn’t any problem cooking half a cup of rice in this rice cooker. We made sure that Hotaru can do this successfully – half a cup of rice comes out as perfectly as when you cook the full 3 cup capacity of rice.

Hotaru has two different types of capacity. It is a 0.54 litre, 3 cup rice cooker or 1 litre multicooker.

Let’s take the first two capacities – 0.54 litres or 3 cup. Rice cooker capacities are always referred to in litres or cups. Hotaru is a 0.54 litres capacity rice cooker and it can therefore cook 3 cups of uncooked white rice or 2 cups of uncooked brown rice – each cup is 180ml/g. So, if you want to cook 1 cup of white rice, that would be approximately 180g or if you want to cook the full capacity of 3 cups, that would be approximately 900g of uncooked rice.

The third capacity of 1 litre refers to Hotaru’s multi-cooking capacity. This means that the inner bowl can hold a maximum of 1 litres of liquid.

You can learn more about the capacity of our rice cookers in the following pages:

EU Capacity Guide

In our years of selling Zojirushi rice cookers, we realised that all of rice cookers on the market in the UK, Europe or the USA only had teflon/similar non-stick material inner bowls.

Based on many customer queries and opinions, we took the decision to supply an inner bowl with a premium and durable 3mm thick ceramic coating.We call this type of bowl – Joubu.

The Joubu bowl is BPA-free and PTFE-free and is hard wearing. The inner bowl also has a special honeycomb structure to help the heat disperse evenly across the bowl’s surface. 

The level lines of the bowl are silk printed rather than stamped so they can be hard wearing but also easily read in low light conditions. 

Yes! To turn Hotaru OFF simply press the power ON/OFF button.

To turn Hotaru back ON simply press the power ON/OFF button again.

Yes, Hotaru  has a preset timer feature. You can set this for up to 24 hours in advance, so you can have yummy rice ready for you when you get in from work or lovely hot porridge on a cold, Winters day ready for when you need warming up.

To use the Hotaru rice cooker timer you set the number of hours for when you want the function to complete (not when you want it to begin cooking). 

For example – it is 9am and you want the white rice to be ready at 1pm. You would therefore set the preset timer for 4 hours. The rice will therefore be completed and ready to eat at 1pm.

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