Why do Japanese people hardly eat mutton?

Japanese people like eating meat very much, which is a worldwide knowledge. Japan imports a lot of beef every year. Besides beef, fish and chicken are also common. But one thing, the Japanese never eat pork and mutton. The problem is that pork is taboo for Muslims, but Japanese believe in Buddhism and Shinto. Mutton is not taboo, but why don't Japanese eat mutton and pork?

First of all, there are no sheep and pigs on that land in Japan.

Japan has always claimed that its civilization began in 660 BC, and even invented the so-called first generation Emperor Shengwu. This emperor is really tough. He has been in power for over 0/00 years. I didn't believe this history for days. At that time, China was still in the Spring and Autumn Period, and the Japanese said they had an emperor. Does anyone believe this? In fact, the real history of Japan appeared in the early Southern and Northern Dynasties in China, when Japan entered the slave society. Before that, Japan was still a primitive society. Oddly enough, Japan is a country lacking in resources, even animal species are very scarce. Judging from the ancient tombs unearthed in Japan at present, bone fossils of cattle, dogs, horses and other animals have been found, but there are no sheep and domestic pigs. Therefore, some historians believe that there are no sheep and pigs in this land of Japan. Later, sheep and domestic pigs were imported from China and other Asian countries. This logic seems to be very telling. There was a time when wild boar was a disaster, but it was considered unlucky not to eat it.

Before Buddhism was introduced to Japan, Japan was a country that ate everything. According to historical records, the Japanese not only eat beef, horse meat and fish, but also bear meat and fox meat. Please note that at that time, domestic pigs had spread from the Central Plains Dynasty to Japan and began to spread in Japan. But after Buddhism was introduced to Japan, everything changed. The supreme ruler of Japan thinks Buddhism is very beneficial to them. Emperor Tianwu of Japan is a devout Buddhist. In 676 AD, that is, in the early Tang Dynasty, Japan promulgated the "Heaven Killing Ban". Since then, beef cattle, horse meat, chicken and pork have become taboo, including the royal family. At the beginning of this ban, some people in Japan still secretly ate meat. The emperor encouraged the people to report in secret, thus scaring ordinary people from eating meat again. Feeding cows and horses can cultivate land and go out. What's the use of feeding You Zhu? You can't kill anything, and you can't eat it. In this way, pigs are almost extinct in Japan.

Second, the emperor was so kind that even fish and dogs were forbidden.

Buddhism is becoming more and more important to all walks of life in Japan. At the end of the Southern Song Dynasty, the then reigning Japanese emperor patted his head and ordered people not to eat fish. This angered everyone at once. Everyone could eat less meat, but now they can't even eat fish. The emperor's ban met with resistance from all walks of life. After the death of this emperor, the successive emperors gave up the absurd policy of prohibiting eating fish. It was during this period that sheep were introduced to Japan. Before that, although Japan had heard about sheep from books, it always believed that sheep and dragons were deified. Japan does not produce sheep, and mutton must be imported from the Central Plains, so the price is not cheap. At first, the Japanese couldn't stand the smell of mutton at all. Not many people eat mutton, most of them are rich. Mutton finally had a little market in Japan, but at this time, Japan announced the most severe ban. Tokugawa Tsunayoshi of Japanese shogunate is a world-famous dog lover. He is full of compassionate orders to mankind.

Tokugawa Tsunayoshi banned all meat except fish, especially dog meat. In Tokugawa Tsunayoshi's time, people who ate dog meat risked their lives. If the general gets angry, the meat eater will fall to the ground. This situation continued until the early Meiji Restoration. In the early days of Meiji Restoration, the Japanese still ate fish as usual. As for other meat, I have no interest at all. Emperor Meiji advocated eating beef and took the lead in eating beef. Under the leadership of the emperor, Japanese talents gradually broke the taboo of meat. However, it may be because there are not many times of dealing with pigs and sheep in history, so Japanese still don't like mutton. Pork is ok, so far some people are willing to eat it. Mutton is only eaten occasionally by some Japanese people with special tastes, and that kind of authentic Japanese restaurant is absolutely impossible to find. Japanese farmers also rarely feed poultry and livestock, and most of the meat Japan needs depends on imports.

Yes, you will know after a long time in Japan. Japanese really don't eat mutton very much. I once asked some Japanese why they don't eat mutton. Sheep totem? Hehe, actually it's not. They replied that it was because most Japanese people didn't like the taste of mutton, that's all.

Especially don't eat mutton, which is quite understandable. Many of us in China don't eat mutton, not to mention such a small Japanese.

Some people in Japan also eat mutton, but few people eat it and supermarkets don't sell it. You can go to "Meat Zheng Wan" to buy it. There are mutton and mutton slices frozen into large rolls, but the slices are too thick, so instant-boiled mutton is not suitable. There is one in front of San Xuan Teahouse in Shi Tian Valley. You can go and have a look. There are also some specialty stores selling meat.

That's right! Japanese people seldom eat mutton, and it is a bit too much to hardly eat it;

Lao Jin has never been to Japan, but he has seen a series of short plays "Lonely Gourmet" adapted from Japanese anime. The protagonist Goro has eaten all the small restaurants in major cities in Japan, including fish, beef, shrimp, squid, pork, whale meat, tuna meat and chicken. It seems that he has only eaten mutton a few times, for example, he has eaten roast lamb shoulder once.

Did you see the comments on the first screenshot-

Japanese hate mutton. What? What I hate is the smell of mutton!

Japanese spices are not as rich as those in China, and there are only a few kinds, which can't hide the fishy smell of mutton. They don't like the habit of China mutton with onion, ginger, cooking wine and even cumin Chili noodles. I'm afraid mutton is delicious and unpalatable in Japan!

China's cumin mutton

Judging from the food Goro has eaten, there are only a handful of times to eat mutton, and another episode is to eat mutton sashimi, that is, to slice raw mutton and mix seasoning! It's estimated that only Japanese do it, but China people really can't eat it. They will definitely make a pot boil!

Buddhism introduced to Japan from China pays attention to not killing animals, so Japanese seldom raise pigs and sheep for food, mainly eating fish from the sea. Cattle stayed, because they wanted to participate in farmland farming, and even cultivated cattle that Japan was proud of;

Beef beef is tender and juicy, fat and thin, similar to marble pattern, also known as snowflake meat, which has high nutritional value and is regarded as a national treasure by the Japanese.

In contrast, mutton is difficult to compete with large pieces of beef, and because of its fishy smell, it is naturally not favored and eaten by Japanese people.

Japan's Honshu, Kyushu, Shikoku and Mishima are densely populated, and there is no place to prepare feed for sheep. As for sparsely populated Hokkaido, there is land for raising sheep, so Hokkaido is the main place for producing and eating sheep in Japan! However, compared with beef, pork and chicken, the annual consumption is several million tons, seafood is five or six million tons, and Hokkaido mutton only consumes tens of thousands of tons every year;

Hokkaido people like to roast mutton in this bulging barbecue oven, which looks like a Mongolian hat and is called Genghis Khan barbecue.

What do you think of Japanese eating habits? Looking forward to hearing from you:

During the reign of Emperor Tianwu of Japan, it was forbidden to eat five kinds of animals (cows, horses, dogs and monkeys) (why eat monkeys = =? ), chicken, coupled with the introduction of Buddhism and the influence of Japanese Shintoism (they think that animal meat is unclean), the proportion of meat in the Japanese diet is getting less and less, but it is not without it, including wild boar, deer and bear hunted. This is not forbidden, and agriculture was not so developed at that time, and it is impossible to make everyone eat without fishing and hunting.

Later, in the Warring States period, due to war and natural reasons, crops failed all the year round, and it was good to have something to eat and something to live, so this period actually broke the ban on meat. Then in the Edo era, the war subsided, agriculture developed, and everyone stopped eating meat.

Later, during the Meiji Restoration, the door of Japan was opened, and Japanese people discovered how the Dutch and Portuguese who grew up eating meat were so big. In addition, the last shogunate lived a long life (76 years old, 70 years old), and the non-combat attrition rate in Lu Haijun during the Russo-Japanese War (the army was killed by Berry, and only 34 people in the navy got Berry, with mild symptoms and no death. This matter is quite famous. After a series of things, the ruler finally found that meat is really not unclean, and eating meat has many advantages. Then he ordered the whole people to eat meat, and the emperor took the lead in eating large pieces of meat every meal. So on the whole, the real "absolute meat ban period" in Japanese history is only 300 years in the Edo period, neither long nor short.

Why don't Japanese eat mutton? Who said that? They not only eat mutton, but also eat well! If someone tells me: "There are very few mutton sold in Japan, and many people really don't like it", I will confidently tell him: "That's because Japanese mutton is not delicious!" Why is cudgel's answer so difficult? That's because the evidence of cudgel is very conclusive!

People who are old enough should remember that when you were young, you must have seen the comic book "Chicken Hair Letter" even if you didn't see the movie "Chicken Hair Letter".

"Chicken Hair Letter" tells the story of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression period. When the father of the militia handed a "chicken hair letter" with three chicken feathers to the head of the child, Hai Wa, he asked him to give it to the Eighth Route Army as soon as possible under the cover of herding sheep. Why are you sticking three chicken feathers? That this letter is not only important, but also urgent, so Hai Wa held the letter in her arms and set off with the sheep. Oh, what did the letter say? It is written that the Japanese devils have been sweeping the countryside these days, and there are not many people in the turret. I want the Eighth Route Army to take this opportunity to end the Japanese turret.

Who knows Hai Wa walking, unexpectedly hit GuiZiBing to finish. While the devil was away, Hai Wa, who used his quick wits, tied the "Jimaoxin" to the tail of a big sheep. As a result, the devil was detained even with people and sheep. Let Hai Wa go ahead with the sheep. One is to lead the way for the devils, and the other is to be afraid of the militia burying mines. In addition, let Hai Wa follow the sheep, and the Japanese food can be greatly improved. ...

Along the way, the little hero Hai Wa experienced two dangers. One walked, the sheep took a shit, and they all followed. Seeing that a big sheep with a "chicken feather letter" hidden behind its ass was about to pull out its tail, Hai Wa was in a hurry, so he picked up a stone and cut it off from the tail of the big sheep. Although it is a little uncomfortable for the big sheep to hold the shit, after all, it did not reveal the secret of the "chicken hair letter". Another danger is that when the Japanese slaughtered the sheep to eat, a puppet army grabbed the big sheep tied with a "chicken feather letter" and pulled it to slaughter. Hai Wa hugged the big sheep tightly and pulled it back. While pulling, he shouted to the puppet troops, "This sheep is too old and the meat is not delicious. You'd better kill the lamb and eat it. " You see, how witty little Hai Wa is! Finally, under Hai Wa's clever maneuver, he not only brought the devils into the encirclement of the Eighth Route Army, but also successfully handed over the "trade letter" to the Eighth Route Army, which made the Eighth Route Army successfully end the turret of the devils!

In the process of Hai Wa's contact with the Japanese, the Japanese didn't just eat sheep once. After they killed the sheep, they put them away, made a fire under them and ate them while roasting. What they eat is called fragrance. You said this kind of food without oil and salt tastes delicious. If it is baked with cumin, Chili noodles and salt while brushing oil, it will not be so fragrant to them.

All right, cudgel, is this evidence conclusive? ! !

Here, Cudgel firmly believes that all friends who have read "Chicken Hair Letter" will not only be my powerful witnesses, but also give me a great praise!

Oh, the last picture shows the devil drinking goat's milk. Please take a closer look. ...

Hello, everyone, I'm Lan Ji, winner of Qingyun Project in the food field, and I'll answer your questions.

(Hokkaido mutton)

Why do Japanese people hardly eat mutton? In fact, the question is inaccurate. Eating mutton in Hokkaido is quite crazy. Needless to say, when I went to Sapporo and Otaru traveled, I felt that their spring sheep were quite delicious. So it's not that Japanese people hardly eat mutton, but they have obvious regional characteristics.

(Beef Hotpot Sushi Pot)

At present, Japan basically consumes about 654.38 million tons of mutton every year. Basically, more than half of them are consumed in Hokkaido. Japanese people seem to have a natural resistance to mutton, and there is no good way to remove its fishy smell. Mutton is naturally left out in the corner of the supermarket.

Relying on mountains to eat, relying on water to eat. Japan is surrounded by the sea and has eaten seafood from ancient times to the present, from salmon to whales. Because Japan is an island country, the breeding of herbivores is also underdeveloped. The taste of sea fish and mutton is still very different, and the taste of mutton is unacceptable to most people. Again, while cultivating the land.

Correct, the Japanese don't eat mutton, but eat less, for the following reasons:

Japan, South Korea and other countries as a whole are vast and sparsely populated, and the agricultural land resources are tight and the grain output is limited, which is not enough to support the commodity sheep industry and cattle industry. On the whole, the cost of raising sheep in Japan and South Korea is very high and they lack basic commercial competitiveness. This and