Some time ago, during the Dragon Boat Festival, how many rice dumplings did you eat?
When it comes to rice dumplings, there is a distinction between sweet and salty.
Most northern children like to eat sweet rice dumplings, small dates, bean paste stuffing dipped in sugar, eating a bite is simply happy to no.
And many southern children like to eat salty rice dumplings, sweet glutinous rice wrapped in tender and juicy fresh meat, this is the real delicacy.
Regarding the dispute over sweet and salty rice dumplings, everyone has held their own opinions for so many years, and there has been no victory or defeat.
Although Japan is not as big as China, each region also has its own strong regional characteristics.
Similar to China's sweet and salty rice dumplings, sweet and salty bean blossoms, tangyuan or Lantern, and so on, such "north-south disputes", Japan also has - "East-West War".
The Kanto region of Japan refers to the areas centered on Tokyo, as well as the surrounding Ibaraki Prefectures, Tochigi Prefectures, Gunma Prefectures, Saitama Prefectures, Chiba Prefectures, and Kanagawa Prefectures.
The Kansai region refers to the two prefectures and four prefectures of Osaka Prefecture, Kyoto Prefecture, Hyogo Prefecture, Wakayama Prefecture, Shiga Prefecture, and Nara Prefecture.
The Kanto cultural circle represented by Tokyo and the Kansai cultural circle represented by Osaka are quite different from living habits to social customs because of factors such as history and geography.
Kanto pronunciation is standard "Mandarin", and local people generally cover up their accents when they come to Tokyo.
People in the Kanto region generally speak more gently, behave more restrainedly, and care more about rules and etiquette.
Kansai people speak with a thick local accent, which sounds rough and concise.
They usually speak loudly, have a more casual attitude towards life, have a bold personality, like to be noisy, like to joke and complain, so there are many funny artists from Osaka.
Let's first take a look at how the poisonous-tongued Japanese evaluate people from other regions!
<h1>Kanto people speak Kansai people</h1>
Wherever you are, you have to bargain for anything
Cheeky feeling
The dialect is too ugly
Kansai sounds very rough and gives a very bad impression
Aunt Osaka always dressed in fancy clothes and loved to wear leopard print
<h1>Kansai people say Kanto people</h1>
Look down on Kansai
Also look down on Kansai people
Men are too soft to speak standard words, and there is no manliness at all
A picture of the most powerful of us Kanto people
The standard words sound very cold and not at all kind
Kanto people always feel that they are very special and have a high attitude
Kansai and Kanto people also have certain differences in diet.
Kansai people have a light taste, and Kanto people have a heavy taste.
When it comes to Kansai broth, it is generally boiled with kelp, and the soy sauce taste is relatively light; Kanto is bonito stock plus heavier flavor soy sauce.
Therefore, everyone's impression is generally that the broth in the Kansai region is transparent, and the broth in the Kanto region is dark black.
Kansai people often laugh at Kanto people: "How much soy sauce are you going to put?" ”
This actually has historical roots.
There used to be a lot of merchants in the Kansai area who would hire some domestic servants at home. In order to reduce expenses, they manage their food and lodging instead of the monthly labor costs.
But they are not very rich, and the merchants are very concerned about money, very picky, so they will make the meal very light.
In contrast, there used to be many peasant families in the suburbs of Kanto, and there were also many samurai classes, and they generally consumed more physical strength, so they would make their meals heavier and replenish their salt.
Both regions continue to have their own tastes.
Some Japanese manufacturers will adapt their products to the tastes of the public in different regions.
For example, the more famous instant ramen noodles, "どん兵衛", are different in the kanto and Kansai seasoning package versions.
But are Kansai people really light-tasted?
A previous Japanese TV show did a salt survey about this fast-food ramen noodle. The results of the experiment found that the salt in the Kansai region is even higher than in the Kanto region.
However, the color of the soup brewed from the seasoning bun in the Kansai region is much lighter.
The conclusion is that the biggest difference in taste between the two regions is the color of the soup.
People who have lived in Kansai for a long time, as soon as they arrive in Kanto, say that the soup is too salty, and it may only be misled by the color and have a psychological effect.
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