Gopan Turns Rice into Bread
Back in November 2010, Sanyo had to stop taking orders for its Gopan rice-to-bread machine because demand for the product far outstripped their factory’s manufacturing capabilities.
They’ve now upgraded their production facilities to a point where they can start delivering new Gopan machines to stores:
The Gopan takes rice, sugar, and yeast and turns it into bread through an automated process that takes about 4 hours.
In the above TV clip, a famous chef shows their reporter some creative ways to eat the rice bread. Since it’s made from rice, it is apparently goes well with natto, soy sauce, and other Japanese food. You can even make bread sushi:
At the end of the report, they show us an alternative to the Gopan. The Kome-Pan is a cooking kit that lets children turn leftover rice into dough, which can be put into an oven and turned into bread. It may not be automated, but it is many times cheaper than the Gopan.
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Categories: Japanese Food, Technology
Spider Pizza
Former Kamen Rider Hiroshi Fujioka travels to Okinawa to eat some spider pizza:
The pizza is created under the direction of Mr. Matsuba of the Insect Cuisine Eating Association (昆虫料理を食べる会）. According to this Ryukyu ATV website, he also makes beetle pizza.
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Categories: Japanese Food, Odd / Strange
How To Pick Up A Live Eel
The trick is to use your middle finger to grip the eel at a spot about 1/3 of the way down its body:
Categories: Japanese Food