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Mitarashi dango (sweet soy-glazed rice dumplings) recommended as an Osaka souvenir by singer-songwriter Suga Shikao on Threads has sparked a huge reaction on social media. The product is believed to come from a shop near Juso Station, and comments like “I eat it once a week” and “I always end up lining up to buy it” have poured in. On the 5ch thread, alongside chatter about the dango itself, Osaka staples like 551 Horai, Rikuro’s Cheesecake, and Gozasho kept coming up one after another, and the discussion snowballed into the old East-vs-West food culture debate: “There’s no good food in Tokyo.”
“Kansai folks are so lucky” — Suga Shikao’s rave review of an [Osaka souvenir] sparks buzz: “I eat it once a week,” “I always end up lining up to buy it”
11/1 (Sun) 7:00
An “Osaka souvenir” that singer-songwriter Suga Shikao shared on his own Threads account is getting a lot of attention.
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Original article here
What people said
They're sitting right next to the register at convenience stores all over Japan.
It's near where I live, and yeah, it's tasty.
But that's really thanks to the fresh-grilled aroma, so honestly, I think it'd do decently well anywhere with enough foot traffic.
This and Chicken Ramen are the two kings of 'gets old by the second bite.'
I bet it'd sell like crazy.
There are good ones in Kanto too, surely.
Can't say the name though, it'd give away where I live.
The filling's great, but I'm not a fan of how thick the outer dough is.
That's Masayoshi Yamazaki you're thinking of.
It's sweet, but there's a nice salty kick too.
Really adds an accent.
'Gozasho' has stores in famous department stores and malls nationwide, with lines that never seem to let up.
I think the accurate version is 'In Tokyo, you can't get good food unless you pay up.'
・Rikuro's (cheesecake)
・Canelé-dō
・Andrew's Egg Tart
・Dojima Roll
・551 Horai pork buns
・Chitose Honten, birthplace of nikusui (beef-broth soup)
・Chidoriya Soke's mitarashi komochi
・Milk manju 'Tsuki Gesho'
・Amidaike Daikoku's iwa-okoshi (rice crackers)
・Black soybean madeleines 'Eemonchi'
・Premium potato chips 'Grand Calbee'
・Hyogetsudo's Tako Patissier
・Flower-shaped langue de chat 'Amidaike Daikoku Osaka Hana Lang'
・Osaka's new cheese sweet 'Umeda Cheese Lab Cookie'
・'Santa Planet Co.'s Omoshiroi Koibito' (a parody of Hokkaido's famous Shiroi Koibito cookies)
・'Jagarico Takoyaki Flavor'
・'Kuidaore Taro Pudding'
They spend that much on ads and still don't make the cut.
Poor Akanemaru. Never actually tried it, though.
Hokkyoku's ice pops: 'I don't get it…'
I love the Dojima Roll.
No matter how many times you eat it, you can never quite decide if it's good or bad — that exact razor's edge.
Totally get that lol
Rikuro's is the kind of thing you eat fresh out of the oven, going 'hot, hot, hot' with a glass of milk in hand, back when it was a flat 500 yen.
It used to be a great deal, but these days… well.
Never seen one like this before.
They do sell it at Daimaru Umeda (Osaka Station), though.
It's more of a snack-when-you're-a-little-hungry thing.
People are hyping up junk food from Juso, a cheap bar district, way too much.
Just save the leftover sauce and spread it on toast.
Background and Key Points of This Discussion
This topic is a textbook example of an “Osaka souvenir” boom sparked by a celebrity’s social media post. Even on the thread, the shop’s exact official name was never pinned down — the only clue is that it’s located near Juso Station. The split in opinion was less about the taste itself and more about whether it was “worth lining up for,” dividing posters into a satisfied camp and a cooler-headed camp who saw it as merely “something to take the edge off hunger.” Osaka standbys like 551 Horai, Rikuro’s Cheesecake, and Gozasho also came up one after another as points of comparison, feeding into the old debate comparing Tokyo’s and Osaka’s food cultures. Some posts in the thread contained inappropriate remarks about specific places or backgrounds, so those replies have been excluded from this article.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geino/Sports Express+) thread “[Music] “Kansai folks are so lucky” — Suga Shikao’s rave review of an “Osaka souvenir” sparks buzz: “I eat it once a week,” “I always end up lining up to buy it”.”
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