In recent years, it has become increasingly common for foreign cuisine to be served in Japan and, conversely, for Japanese cuisine to make its way overseas. In such a situation, a post about a "certain food" familiar to Japanese people making its way overseas has become a hot topic on social networking sites. A post about this has become a hot topic on social networking sites.

I saw a map of India on the package of natto I bought at an industrial supermarket, so I thought, "Wow, they have expanded to India," but it turned out to be a map of Hokkaido.

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The post was written by Mr. Kuraki, who lives in Vietnam. He bought this natto at an "business supermarket" in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. I am also surprised that a Japanese business supermarket has expanded to Vietnam!

Reference: Ministry of Foreign Affairs (left side of the image)

If you compare it with the map of India, it is true that the upside-down package and the shape of India really look alike. The post received a response of over 120,000 likes, with comments such as "I couldn't help but laugh" and "Even the Indians were surprised.

We interviewed Mr. Kuraki, the owner of the post.

Which manufacturer of natto is this?

If you look at the package image, you will see the words "Made with 100% Hokkaido soybeans". I see, that is why the package had the shape of Hokkaido on it.

By the way, Mr. Kuraki said that in commemoration of the buzz, he made natto curry with "Indian natto" for lunch that day. This time it's India x natto. ......

I got the highest buzz ever, so I had curry for adults and "Indian natto" from business supermarket for lunch!

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Many people on social media laughed at the resemblance between Hokkaido and India, and even those who were good at geography subjects were surprised that this is India. ...... As part of the "similarity" series, we received information that the coast of Da Nang in Vietnam and the coast of Hakodate are very similar. I showed the pictures to local students and they couldn't tell the difference. The world is connected in mysterious ways.

By the way, is natto actually making inroads into India?　India is said to be the world's fifth largest producer of soybeans (data from 2019), and something similar to natto is being made at home by wrapping the soybeans in leaves and fermenting them. Japanese natto seems to be more strongly stringy, but they seem to have in common that it is fermented with the bacillus natto.

Mr. Kuraki posts a picture diary every night, and this day it was a picture diary of natto in commemoration of the Buzz. The dusty pattern of the picture is wonderful.

December 12 (Tue.) I know I am persistent, but since it is a diary, I am going to talk about natto again.
Here is the natto of "The natto package of the business supermarket looks like India" which was the most buzzed about in my history. Since it was the biggest event of the day, I chose this as the title of the picture.
Today alone, it received 3.7 million views and 100,000 likes.
#Vietnam #painting #gash

Quote from @yokuraki's post.

This post made me chuckle and crossed the ocean!