To provide a rice washing device capable of easily washing rice.

This device is provided with a bottomed and cylindrical container 1, an inner basket 2 housed rotatably in the container 1, a lid 3 for closing the upper opening of the container 1 and a handle 9 rotatably fixed to the upper surface of the lid 3. A gear 7 which is attached in the state of being freely rotatable inside of the lid 3 and fitted to an inner gear 5 formed at the inner peripheral part of the upper end opening edge part of the basket 2 is fixed to the handle 9.