Japanese Giant Salamander-shaped Konnyaku

News Review |オオサンショウウオ型のこんにゃく

Japanese Giant Salamander-shaped Konnyaku

In 2016, students at Hiroshima Prefectural Yukiminami Senior High School came up with the idea of producing konnyaku (yam cake) in the shape of a Japanese giant salamander. The Japanese giant salamander is a national natural treasure, which is found in rivers throughout the prefecture. The following year, with the cooperation of konnyaku manufacturer Fujitoshi Foods, the students commercialized the product, which became so popular that production cannot keep up with the demand. The fish roe is kneaded to make it look more realistic, and the individual fingers of the Japanese giant salamander are reproduced one by one. It has become a hot topic on social media, with people commenting, “It’s too real to eat,” and “It’s grossly cute.”

2016にせんじゅうろく
nisenn juuroku
twenty sixteen
ねん
nenn
[year]
ni
in
広島ひろしま
hiroshima
Hiroshima
県立けんりつ
kennritsu
Prefectural
湯来ゆきみなみ
yukiminami
Yukiminami
高校こうこう
koukou
Senior High School
no
at
生徒せいとが、
seito ga,
students
オオサンショウウオおおさんしょううお
oosannshouuo
a Japanese giant salamander
no
of
かたちをした
katachi wo shita
n the shape
こんにゃく
konnnyaku
(producing) konnyaku
wo
of
発案はつあんしました。
hatsuann shi mashita.
came up with the idea
オオサンショウウオおおさんしょううお
oosannshouuo ha
the Japanese giant salamander
くに
kuni no
nationa
天然てんねん記念物きねんぶつ
tennnenn kinenn’butsu
a natural treasure
で、
de,
is
県内けんない
kennnai no
throughout the prefecture
かわ
kawa
rivers
ni
in
生息せいそくしています。
seisoku shite i masu.
which is found
翌年よくとし
yokutoshi,
the following year
こんにゃくメーカーめーかー
konnnyaku me-ka- no
konnyaku manufacturer
藤利食品ふじとししょくひん
fujitoshi shokuhinn
Fujitoshi Foods
no
of
協力きょうりょく
kyouryoku
the cooperation
de
with
商品化しょうひんかし、
shouhinn’ka shi,
(the students) commercialized the product
いまでは
ma deha
which became
生産せいさん
seisann ga
production
いつかないほど
oitsukanai hodo
cannot keep up with the demand
人気にんきです。
ninnki desu.
so popular that
魚卵ぎょらん
gyorann wo
the fish roe
んで
nerikonnde
is kneaded
ちかづけ、
mitame wo chikaduke,
to make it look more realistic and
ゆび
yubi no
the individual fingers (of the Japanese giant salamander)
1本いっぽん1本いっぽんまで
ipponn ipponn made
one by one
再現さいげんしています。
saigenn shite i masu.
are reproduced
リアルりある
“riaru
it’s rea
すぎて
sugite
too
べられない」
taberare nai”
to eat
キモきもかわいい」
“kimo kawaii”
(and) it’s grossly cute
to
with people commenting
SNSえすえぬえすなど
esuenuesu nado
social media
de
on
話題わだい
wadai
a hot topic
です。
desu
it has become

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