And now, for your odd story of the day. (link at the bottom of the post) What do you think of when you see this emoji?
It's in the food section, so that gives you a hint.
According to social media influencer Artur Galata, most non-Japanese think it's "a weirdly shaped rocket spewing flames as it flies."
A what?!?!
Now I've been living in Japan for 20 years. At this point I'm pretty used to it here. I embrace Japanese culture and have gotten so used to it that I experience the hints of reverse culture shock whenever I visit the States for more than a week. So it's hard for me to step back and see this with fresh eyes.
But really... a rocket??
It's actually oden, which is a really good Japanese winter food. Here's a photo.
You will see this everywhere in winter, not the least of which is every single convenience store. You'll smell it everywhere too. I will admit when I first came to Japan I thought it was an unpleasant smell, but now it is familiar and comforting to me.
The article I link to is a bit confusing in that it lists 4 ingredients on the skewer where there are obviously only 3. Hmm.. To me the Apple emoji looks like a triangle of konjac (konnyaku), a ganmodoki (which is a fried tofu fritter with other things inside), and chikuwa, which is a kind of fishcake. But that middle ingredient could be daikon radish, as the article also suggests.
Anyway, good stuff!! I'm not sure how successful you'd be at finding this stuff outside of Japan. I've seen daikon in regular supermarkets in the US anyway.
Head to this link for a few more details to this story.
Just remember: Oden, not rocket!
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I love that stuff!
Do you have it in Canada? I love it!
No, but I lived in Japan for 5 years.
It is the first time that I've learned that Oden originated from Japan. In China we call it as 关东煮, but I've never thought of its origin before. You can even see it sold all year around in the street stalls or supermarkets. I guess Oden is popular in Taiwan, too.
It is rather interesting for me to know that most westerners(non-Japanese) mistake its emoji for a rocket... It is really a kind of reverse culture shock!
I didn't know you had it in China. Interesting! I wonder when it went over there. In Japanese I usually see it in kana (おでん), but the Chinese characters they use are 御田. It's a pretty good food, isn't it?
According to the information I checked online: one story is that Oden is actually a Japan-style 炖烩（hotpot) originated from the Northeast of China; another is Oden originated from Kanto region of Japan. Kanto in Chinese means 关东，so its Chinese name is 关东煮. 煮 means 'boil'.
During the Japanese colonial period in Taiwan（1895-1945），more exactly, about the end of 19th century, Oden began to spread to Taiwan via a Japanese convenience store named 罗森/Lawson,(I doubt if Lawson still remains now.) later entering Chinese Mainland from Taiwan. If so, I think there should be Oden in Korea and other Japanese colonial countries such as Malaysia and Singapore, etc.
Yeah, its Japanese name is 御田 just as what you wrote. See the picture below:
Great research! That's a very interesting path it took. I see the result is that it's a common food all over eastern asia. So we can all enjoy it! 😁
This is especially interesting! "Kanto boil". I love languages and etymology and looking at how loanwords are created and used in other places. All very interesting.
Lawson is still around in Japan and is one of the biggest convenience stores in the country. I wonder if it survived in Taiwan...
Anyway, thanks for the great information!
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