Octopus ball museum attracts worldwide visitors
20th September, 2006 by manda
A museum in Osaka devoted to takoyaki (fried octopus balls) is attracting visitors from all over the world. 69 year old Toshio Yamaoka, who introduced the finest takoyaki frying plates in Japan, opened the museum, and is dedicating his older years to respecting the history of the dish. The museum has 300 items including cookers, street-side stalls, flags, and samples of takoyaki space food for Japanese astronauts. This year celebrates his 50th anniversary of successful cooking plate business; it was once said that every single home in Osaka owned one. After word spread across Japan about his fantastic plates, Yamaoka now plans to let the whole world know - he has already set up takoyaki stalls in Berlin. His museum has attracted 20,000 visitors so far, some of which were from Europe, North America, Southeast Asia and Africa. Entry to the museum is free.
Source: Mainichi
January 4th, 2007 at 7:03 am
Takoyaki wa oishii desuyo!
May 21st, 2007 at 10:36 pm
that looks nasty to me. is it really BALLS! gross
May 26th, 2007 at 12:48 pm
When my nices was watching an anime show this girl was eating octopus balls and she kept on asking for more and i asked her “thats nasty what she’s eating! what is that stuff?” she didnt know so checked on the computer and it looks tasty!!!