Jingisukan

Jingisukan (ジンギスカン, "Genghis Khan") is a Japanese grilled mutton dish prepared on a convex metal skillet or other grill. The dish is particularly popular on the northern island of Hokkaidō and in China.

Jingisukan

History

In 1918, according to the plan by the Japanese government to increase the flock to one million sheep, five sheep farms were established in Japan. However, all of them were demolished except in Hokkaido (Takikawa and Tsukisamu).[1] Because of this, Hokkaido's residents began eating the meat from sheep that they sheared for their wool.

There is a dispute over from where the dish originated; candidates include Tokyo, Zaō Onsen, and Tōno.[2] The first jingisukan dedicated restaurant was a Jingisu-sō (成吉思荘, "Genghis House") that opened in Tokyo in 1936.[3]

See also

References

  1. "Study on the sheep barn with gambrel roof in Takikawa sheep farm by Department of agriculture and commerce" (PDF). AIJ J. Technol. Des. J stage.
  2. "なんで「遠野名物」なの?". Anbe. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
  3. "調査報告その3 ルーツを探る". Sapporo kenbu. Hokkaido NP. Archived from the original on 2007-10-19. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
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