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Cake day: March 3rd, 2025

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  • Oh man, my family is Okinawan, and when we were visiting Aomori, this touristy market had an Okinawa fair going on and my kids went to go get a traditional Okinawan donut snack (we had been travelling for two weeks and they missed the taste of home), and when my kids thanked the staff in Okinawan, they looked really puzzled because I think they were just mainlanders selling Okinawan goods. I’m not even sure if they were even aware that we have a different language here. My kids looked really bummed.


  • This is stupid. We have Japanese chef in Japan who have Michelin Stars for all sorts of foreign cuisine. We also have Japanese chefs who make shit Japanese food. I knew a few in Canada. They only got away with charging more because they were Japanese, and therefore “authentic.” It really shouldn’t matter which side of an imaginary fence a chef was born in.