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What's up guys! This is Iyasasa Radio by Akane and Minami.
In this radio, we are going to talk about random topics in Okinawan Japanese and English.
I think I'll be fluent enough if I practice a couple of times.
I think it's South Okinawan accent.
So I'm going to do middle part.
Okay, so, kyou wa, we are going to talk about Okinawan news, local news in English and Japanese
and we discuss about the topics.
Okay.
Okay, so, the title would be Okinawa Festival held in Tokyo, Goya and Tako rice, the taste
of Okinawa at home.
So on February 2nd, the Haisai Okinawa Festival began at JA Tokyo Aguri Park in Yoyogi, Tokyo.
This event is run by JA Okinawa and showcases Okinawan tourism and products.
The festival will share Okinawan tourism, goods and produce like bitter melon, goya
with the greater Tokyo area through February 6th.
Okay, it's old news then.
Many items were sent from Okinawa for the festival from kogiku flowers and seven vegetables
including green beans and kabocha squash to Okinawan soba and island tofu, shima dofu.
Shoppers could be seen excitedly choosing items.
Each day a limited number of the day's special bento are sold.
This could be tako rice, bitter melon, braised pork belly bowls or something else.
Hideko Takeishi of Tokyo says, With the coronavirus, we can't go to Okinawa so these opportunities
are precious.
This is my first time buying an Okinawan kabocha squash.
If it's good, I hope to buy it again.
This is the fourth time the event has been held.
Coronavirus measures have been implemented this year.
This year's festival is on a smaller scale with no free samples or cooking classes and
no on-site dining.
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ゴーヤーにタコライス 自宅で沖縄の味 東京で沖縄フェスタ開催
JA沖縄による沖縄の観光と物産展 開催沖縄フェスタが2日 東京代々木の
JA東京あぐりパークで始まった ゴーヤーなどの農産物と物産
沖縄観光を組み合わせて首都圏に発信する 6日まで 2月6日までね
沖縄から贈られたインゲンやカボチャなど 野菜7品目や小菊などのほか
沖縄そば 島豆腐なども並び 買い物客は熱心に品定めをしていた
数量限定の弁当も販売され タコライスやゴーヤー
ラフテー丼などを日替わりで提供する
都内の竹石秀子さんは コロナで沖縄に行けないので
このような機会は貴重だ 沖縄のカボチャは初めてなので
美味しかったらまた購入したいと話した
イベントは今回で4回目 今回は開催規模を縮小し
試食や料理教室 店内での飲食は行わず
新型コロナウイルスへの感染予防対策を 下上で実施している
ビギンでもさ、よくHYとか来てん 嘘、すごい
ビギンとかたまに来てんかった? そうなんだ、知らなかった
コロナの前とかなんか Some of my friends went there
I've always been interested to go in there だけど、結局行ったことない
ビブショー
えーすごい、タコライス、ゴーヤー、ラフテー丼って
そんなに興味あるの?って感じするけど
確かに、沖縄の人が来るのか
でもこの都内のインタビューに答えてる人は I think she's mainlander
Probably, goya is kind of expensive in grocery stores in Tokyo
Yes, how much is it?
But some supermarkets don't even have the goya
I had a difficult time to make goya champuru when I was in Tokyo
Because I couldn't find it or it's too expensive
It's really small
長さが短いってこと?
If you go to the groceries in Okinawa
You will see the huge goya sizeだから
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You can make a lot of goya champuru
I think I tried maybe just two, three times
To make goya champuru or the other champuru in Tokyo
And...
そうだね、あんま作らないかも
でも
Since I moved here
When the people find out that I'm from Okinawa
Everyone asked me where is the best Okinawan restaurant in Tokyo
And I was like, how do I know about that?
Because Okinawan restaurants serve local Okinawan food
Only I'm not interested to eat them outside of my house
So I think the people who live here know more about Okinawan restaurants
And they ask me
I think it's the same thing in Okinawa
Ah, Okinawan restaurant in Okinawa?
On Kokusai street, you will see a lot of Okinawan izakaya
But we really don't go there because it's expensive
And the home cooking Okinawan food should be at home
My mom always cook champuru, Okinawa soba, ninjin shirishiri at home
So it's not a thing to eat outside of the house
Especially ninjin shirishiri
I think you definitely don't want to pay for it
Because it's super easy
How do I say this?
Ninjin shirishiri was invented because it's really cheap
The ingredients are cheap
And you can always get a carrot
So I've heard that it's popular
Ninjin shirishiri is my favorite
I don't like egg
I don't like egg, so
My ninjin shirishiri is just ninjin
Just ninjin shirishiri
That was ninjin
I see, chicken, huh?
So, without egg, I don't eat anything
When I cook ninjin shirishiri, I put eggs?
Just eggs?
I never cook ninjin shirishiri by myself because
Then it's gonna be just ninjin
Or maybe goma abura toka de owarisou
Ah, oishisou
Namuru mitai narisou
Ninjin shirishiri ne
Do you have favorite tako rice restaurant in Tokyo, Okinawa?
In Tokyo, I don't know
Because in Tokyo, I'm craving for Mexican restaurant
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You are so into Mexican food
I love Mexican food
And I think
Tako rice wise, I think I'm the best cooker in Tokyo
Oh, you should open your own restaurant
Tako rice doesn't have much variety for the style
All the same ingredients
But Mexican food has much different beans
Or...
What was it?
Tomato salsa
So when I eat outside, I eat Mexican food
But do you have favorite tako rice place in Okinawa?
I have favorite tako place
Me too
Tako rice is...
I always go to pizza house
They have good meat
Or most of my friends buy them in Kintako
Kintako is regular taste
But it's famous
Fusion of cheese and meat
You can customize the menu
But Kintako is the first tako rice inventor, right?
Tako rice...
Tako rice...
I see
What else?
Goya
What is Rafute-don?
I've never had Rafute-don before
Me neither
Rafute is just Rafute
Maybe they make it easier to sell them as one dish
It sounds delicious
I know it sounds delicious
But don?
Don is not in Okinawa
Don...
Don is Japanese food, right?
Donburi?
No
Oyako-don
Katsu-don
What else?
Tendon
Donburi and soba are a set
But don is not in Okinawa
I just realized
Isn't it interesting to talk about soba?
Wait
I always change the topic
Soba is important
There is a huge culture gap
When we say soba
Huge gap
Isn't it?
Because...
Japanese soba
It was so special for me
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When I was a kid
It's the thing I only can get in Rafute
I know
It's Zaru-soba
Soba-ko-no-soba
Zaru-soba
Zaru-soba
Zaru-soba
When I moved to the mainland
Zaru-soba
Zaru-soba
Zaru-soba
Soba means Okinawa soba
I think so
I've never been out of my house
Soba means Okinawa soba
In Okinawa
So
When you do the
New year's
Toshikoshi-soba
New year's soba
New year coming soba?
I don't know
Toshikoshi-soba
Means Okinawa soba
Soba
When I moved to Tokyo
People always tell me
Did you have soba?
They show me the pictures
It's all about Japanese soba
It was so surprising for me
Soba is surprising too
The food
People here
Eat for New year's
It's so fancy
There is
Shrimp in the middle
Of the Osechi
They have much more
Colorful
Red, green, brown
There is a shrimp
At the top
But Okinawa Osechi is just brown
Sometimes red
What did you eat for New year's
At home when you were in Okinawa?
For New year's
I always go to grandma's house
And eat Odoburu
Sometimes they make
Nakami-jiru
And
Tofu
With kelp
Like Rafute
Pickles?
Sengiri?
Something like that
Fried tofu
With kelp
Like Oden
With 3 pieces of meat
And
Tofu and kelp
It's only Minamizu house
What is that?
I know Jyubako
With kelp, burdock and kamaboko
There are 3 pieces of meat
I think it's from Jyubako
Maybe it's from there
Jyubako is seasoned
It's seasoned
Jyubako
Was it?
Or
Tempura
Tempura is so different
I know
The flour
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How they fry the tempura
I like the Japanese one better
Mayland style
Mayland style is more
Sensitive
Crispy
I like the crispy tempura
In Okinawa
It's very soft
Thick and soft
Where is shrimp?
I think it's between
American dog
And Japanese tempura
It's heavy
And we put sauce
Worcestershire sauce
I don't like it
But I eat it
This is soy sauce
And grated daikon
It's good
It's fashionable
My mom
She always likes Okinawan style tempura
I think my family is the same
I think so
We cook tempura
And we buy tempura from supermarket
Tempura is everywhere
We have tempura
Tempura in snacks
Recently
Okinawan family
Started to sell Okinawan style
That is so awesome
You can get fish tempura
They have chicken tempura too
Tempura is
Popular
Snack
Chicken tender
I know
It's interesting
We eat tempura
Like a snack
I don't know
I've never seen that before
I like Okinawan family mart
They sell
Okinawan food
I like pork onigiri
At family mart
When it comes to Okinawan thing
Goya bento
At family mart
It's the best
I had
Goya tempura and
Pork onigiri
It's a new style
But it's so good
I've never tried
I should try
I compare all the convenience store
Of goya
Lawson and family mart
Family mart is better
They are
Professional Okinawan
I think both of them
Have Okinawan and Lawson
Both are localized
Okinawa family mart
Lawson Okinawa
I think they are always
Competing
To be
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How deep is
Their local love
Make it real local food
There is a coffee stand
In family mart
I think that was the first
Coffee stand
In the nationwide
I didn't know that
And
Okinawa family mart
You can put your coffee
By yourself
You can put the sugar
Or any kind of syrup
And bring to the register
But here you need to ask
People at the register
To get the coffee
I think it's more similar to the states
Making coffee by yourself
Making coffee by yourself
Is the normal thing
I've never seen it in Tokyo
I see
Lawson can't make it by yourself
Chin is different from Okinawa
Convenience staff always ask us
Do you want chin?
For onigiri
But
I was so surprised
When I live in Tokyo
They didn't ask me
Because it was microwave
We need to say it
I thought they are not so nice
But that was the normal thing
Onigiri should be eaten
By a room temperature
Or something
I always wanted to warm it
But I'm getting used to
Doing it this way
It's getting annoying to warm it
But the warmer onigiri
Tastes better
That's what I thought
That's true
But you can't
Warm a bento
You can't?
You can warm a bento
You can't?
I don't buy bento
So I don't know
I was shocked
When I ate onigiri
Me and my dad went to Fukuoka
To visit my cousin
And he asked convenience staff
To put the onigiri
Into the microwave
And they were like, why?
And he was like, why?
They didn't understand the difference
So
That was the first time I heard
When I was in elementary school
They were like, you can't warm it?
It was horrible
But I heard you can't
I was embarrassed to say it
I know
I always asked them to warm it
I know
Sometimes you get confused
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Like, how many seconds?
Like, how many seconds to open the end?
That's true
That's so funny
Convenience store
It's different
It's different
I always go to the convenience store
Whenever I go to Okinawa
I always go to the convenience store
I knew that
They didn't have the
Kirino kocha milk tea in Tokyo
Did you know that?
Only milk tea?
Only in Okinawa
Only in Okinawa
Kirino kocha is a company in Okinawa?
No, it's a tea house
No, it's a tea house
Really?
Kirino kocha is Japanese
No, it's a tea house
Kocha kaden milk tea is only in Okinawa
I've never seen kocha kaden
lemon tea here
Probably
You need to research
about kocha kaden
You need to research
But kocha kaden
looks like it's all over the country
You can't find it
if you go to a tea house
Do you have any idea
of Okinawan local
drink product?
Japanese
Japanese
Yes, Japanese
It's good
The new Watta series
has Japanese taste
It was delicious
When my boss
came to Okinawa
they asked me
what drinks I want
and I told them Watta Yogo
They were like, what is Yogo?
I was so surprised
that they didn't know Yogo
It was the first time
they had Yogo Watta
and they were like
super delicious
so I bought it
I love Yogo
Yogo is such an amazing product
It's such an amazing product
It is
Yogo
I don't
There are so many
only sold in Okinawa
Sea chicken is
so typical
Everyone knows
that only Okinawans eat it
But sea chicken
is not only in Okinawa
Not only in Okinawa
but the consumption rate
is number one in Okinawa
Really?
I didn't know
Sea chicken is cheap
It's expensive
How about pork?
Pork
I think here they sell spam
but in Okinawa
we have local tulip brand
Tulip is Okinawa
I know a lot
Okinawa
pork
Spam is
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American
I see
I didn't know
So
do you support?
I think so
Spam
Okinawa?
Tulip
is homer
I see
and
Harobon curry
The package is
We have a woman
on the package for Harobon curry
but here is just like a round circle
like weird
like a dice
Harobon curry
The woman is only in Okinawa
So
Harobon curry is in a souvenir shop
I think the taste is the same
but the package is only in Okinawa
I was so wondering
why they have Harobon curry
at the airport
The woman is
only in Okinawa
I see
Interesting
So
I did some research
about
Okinawa brand
American
Japanese
A&W
is American
brand
It started from
the States
but A&W is Okinawa
I see
No, A&W is not in America
No?
I've never seen it
But when I used to work on base
I was working for A&W
Is there A&W on base?
Yeah
They used to have it on Foster
in Bowling Alley
I think it's not in America anymore
I thought it was gone
Really?
I didn't know
We need to research
but there is Jeff too
Jeff is
Jeff!
I support Jeff
because the main branch
is in my town
That's why
the fast food chain
from A&W
is Jeff
That's why they have
the same style of orange juice
which is 100% chemical
and root beer
but it tastes good
orange juice
with just sugar
but it's good
I used to work on A&W
off base too
You know a lot about A&W
Yeah
I made orange juice
I was practicing
making
soft cream
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and root beer
I don't see
Any Okinawan burger
in A&W?
Jeff makes
Nuyal burger, Goya burger
he makes a lot of meaningless things
Ender
is more
sophisticated
I think
we can talk about food
so let's stop
Today
We talked about a lot
There was something I didn't understand
so I need to research
about food culture
So we talked about
Okinawan food today
from the news
I wonder if it was related to the news
Then we realized that
we need to more research
about difference
between Okinawan and other areas
food
I'm so interested
in Okinawan brand
local brand
food
So we will talk about it
again
Let's do it again
after I get educated
I hope Okinawans
can
sympathize with us
So you want to ask
something
I want to know
I want to know
It was interesting
That was fun
It's over today
See you next time
Bye
