Why EVERYONE in Japan Is Obsessed With this Fruit

Поделиться
HTML-код
  • Опубликовано: 19 янв 2025

Комментарии • 246

  • @RyotarosJapan
    @RyotarosJapan  2 года назад +94

    ** NOTIFICATION SQUAD**
    You won't believe how many Mikans we Japanese eat throughout the winter. Just be careful, once you start, you can't stop eating. but that is exactly what I want you to experience with this precioius Mikan. Lastly apologies for those who do not live in the U.S.. Due to the regulations, Mikan can not be exported to other countries from Fukuoka at the moment.

    • @randomstuffandye
      @randomstuffandye 2 года назад +3

      Love you Ryotaro

    • @RyotarosJapan
      @RyotarosJapan  2 года назад +10

      @Harun. Of course,Sendai! because Chris, Sharla, I all live here and love here, but apart from that I would recommend Toyama city as it has got some magnificent scenay of Tateyama mountain range.

    • @lizthedisjointedzebra692
      @lizthedisjointedzebra692 2 года назад +2

      @Harun. Kyoto, definitely(just avoid Gion, SUPER expensive). And take the Randen to Arashiyama. Also, we stayed in Ikoma for a day, in between Osaka and Nara, and it was just a random town we stayed in, but it was so cozy, a nice place to stay in between big cities/tourist spots. But don't discount places like Osaka, Nara, and Yokohama. They can get crowded, but my claustrophobia was NEVER triggered in Japan, the whole total three and a half months we were there. Even when we were at Hatchiko crossing at night.

    • @DrXanatos
      @DrXanatos 2 года назад +2

      In Finland we have a similar practice during winter. We eat a lot of mandarin oranges, satsumas, clementines during the winter.
      The closest thing the we can grow that "once you start, you can't stop eating" is the strawberry. Fresh strawberries on a hot july day is something that's bound to lift ones spirits every time.

    • @Great_Sandwich
      @Great_Sandwich 2 года назад

      @@Harunnnn ("Y'all". Unless you live south of the Mason-Dixon... never say y'all.)

  • @kayleehealy8406
    @kayleehealy8406 2 года назад +43

    These Mikan look exactly like what we call in Australia, mandarin. They are much easier to peel than an orange and so much sweeter.

    • @maxnaz47
      @maxnaz47 2 года назад +15

      Fun fact, Australia exports more mandarins to Japan than we consume ourselves. I used to work for a citrus grower that grew ellendale mandarins, that are all exclusively sold to Japan, you cannot buy them in Australia.

    • @Stinger913
      @Stinger913 2 года назад +1

      @@maxnaz47 wow! What’s it like cultivating then?

    • @knowyourrights9793
      @knowyourrights9793 Год назад +3

      @kaylee healy Yup Same here in the U.S. we know Them as Mandarins, People also refer to them as Tangerines
      (The two names are used interchangeably)

    • @realtalk6195
      @realtalk6195 Год назад +2

      Yeah, these are just mandarin oranges (Tangerines and Clementines). What's called an Orange in the West nowadays is actually a hybrid fruit that was created from combining a Mandarin orange with a Pomelo.

    • @KP-if5kc
      @KP-if5kc Год назад

      Same in the caribbean.

  • @GaijinGoombah
    @GaijinGoombah Год назад

    6:47 Oh THAT'S what they're called!

  • @tzi_music
    @tzi_music 2 года назад +1

    *Do you love Japanese Culture? So I'm sure that you will like my music! 😁*

  •  2 года назад +1

    Silly Ryotaro. Not only in Japan; tangerines are devoured by the bucket loads in autumn/winter in Central/Eastern Europe as well.

  • @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
    @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un 2 года назад +48

    More mikan history: Mikan comes from the Chinese wēnzhōu mìgān/温州蜜柑 (meaning Wenzhou tangerine; Wenzhou is in Zhejiang). Mikan was first brought to the US from Asia by Jesuits, starting with groves by New Orleans (these groves still exist). The fruit became much more common in the US during the Meiji period, when Owari mikans were brought to the United States from Satsuma by the spouse of the US Minister to Japan, General Van Valkenburgh, who renamed them satsuma
    Kyushu is pretty much Japanese Florida. Now all it needs is some weird Florida Man (or Kyushu Man in this case) adventures...which Ryotaro is close enough

    • @ZarlanTheGreen
      @ZarlanTheGreen 2 года назад

      …making the question of how mikan are different to satsumas, extremely stupid. Satsuma is, after all, the English word for mikan. (and yet, people always mistranslate "mikan". Everywhere …with the exception of grocery stores and the like, and botanists and the like)

    • @rpgmafia8363
      @rpgmafia8363 Год назад

      Alles klar.

  • @GeomancerHT
    @GeomancerHT 2 года назад +23

    They look like our argentine mandarinas! Thanks for the videos, love the channel Ryotaro!

    • @rauleli
      @rauleli 2 года назад +1

      De hecho, son mandarinas, but in Japan are known as mikan.

    • @GeomancerHT
      @GeomancerHT 2 года назад +1

      @@rauleli Thank you! I was expecting him to call them tangerines when speaking in english, lol.

    • @night_fiend6
      @night_fiend6 2 года назад +2

      @@GeomancerHT tangerines are another fruit entirely.

    • @GeomancerHT
      @GeomancerHT 2 года назад +3

      @@night_fiend6 Tangerines are a specific type of mandarin orange. But are mandarinas clementines? it's all about the translation and local names vary from place to place.

  • @mrbear2569
    @mrbear2569 Год назад

    how am i just now finding our guy has a yt channel, glad to be here!

  • @KellieLStimson
    @KellieLStimson 2 года назад

    Love the pants! Very cool 😎

  • @rpgmafia8363
    @rpgmafia8363 Год назад

    every winter in germany... Manadrinen und Clementinen... i love it.

  • @abelgerli
    @abelgerli 2 года назад

    I can top the bath tube.
    When you stay in Omihachiman near lake visa in the Matchya inn there is a real big circular sake barrel to bath in.

  • @Ilonahild
    @Ilonahild 2 года назад +3

    Wow, those look tasty! That cheesecake looks amazing too! I hope you sell lots of mikans, but have a few leftover to throw at Chris. 😄

  • @jessesnyder5105
    @jessesnyder5105 2 года назад +4

    My favorite way is Mikan-shuu (liquor). Also found a mikan chuu-hai that was delicious

    • @RyotarosJapan
      @RyotarosJapan  2 года назад +2

      I love MIkan-shu as well. They are really good

    • @LaNoir.
      @LaNoir. 2 года назад

      I don't normally drink liquor but that sounds tasty

  • @Yupppi
    @Yupppi Год назад +1

    If mikan is anything like sweet mandarins, I won't blame the japanese. Mandarin is my favourite fruit as well.

  • @dianebaker5243
    @dianebaker5243 2 года назад +1

    Lovely video thanks for sharing 👍 😀

  • @Dreamer66617
    @Dreamer66617 Год назад

    The ending is hilarious hahaha imhappy he did that skit with you

  • @lanstar94
    @lanstar94 2 года назад

    Cor blimey! Those satsumas look jolly good. 🍊

  • @Legitimate123
    @Legitimate123 2 года назад +1

    I love your videos, very high quality, interesting and funny

  • @UdonFarang52
    @UdonFarang52 2 года назад +1

    A link to that shop would be appreciated,would like to buy some of those pants. Love your videos,thank you!!

  • @annwilliams6438
    @annwilliams6438 Год назад

    We call them ‘naartjies’ in South Africa - and we love the too. :)

  • @chessoc7799
    @chessoc7799 2 года назад +1

    Oh if it is what we call satsuma oranges then they are popular in the uk too :)

  • @isaacplaysbass8568
    @isaacplaysbass8568 2 года назад

    Love it chaps. Fascinating and fun.

  • @MegaJani
    @MegaJani 2 года назад +2

    Probably the quickest catch out of your videos ever
    "Uploaded 12 seconds ago"
    :D

  • @dspiritlight
    @dspiritlight 2 года назад

    This was very educational. Tyty

  • @Hedrfc2
    @Hedrfc2 2 года назад

    Looks like a klementine? We eat alot of those around christmas time in Norway

  • @Hazu.
    @Hazu. Год назад +1

    core blimey that's good innit

  • @u.k6547
    @u.k6547 2 года назад

    Love your energy

  • @KillerTacos54
    @KillerTacos54 2 года назад

    Great video Risottaro!

  • @comm1508
    @comm1508 2 года назад +1

    7:49 Ryotaro dresses like Rupert bear 😂. What would Mr. Broad say?

  • @snapper1
    @snapper1 2 года назад +1

    you never miss

  • @22Rallen
    @22Rallen 2 года назад

    (agrees out of kindness) did not know that i needed that line in my life.

  • @feiryfella
    @feiryfella 2 года назад

    Those slim fit pants look great on you! ;)

  • @shiftyy2786
    @shiftyy2786 2 года назад

    Are these similar to clementines?

  • @hothamonggirl
    @hothamonggirl Год назад

    The yellow one was the best choice.

  • @tony2000and10
    @tony2000and10 2 года назад +1

    Does ryotaro and nick(junk food Japan) have same editor?

  • @MsJeffreyF
    @MsJeffreyF Год назад

    How does it compare to a clementine?

  • @Thomas_Name
    @Thomas_Name 2 года назад

    Is mikan the same as yuzu?

  • @glenndavidtorres
    @glenndavidtorres 2 года назад +5

    We also have that citrus fruit here in the Philippines called DALANGHITA. It's sour when unripe, super sweet when ripe.

    • @samsanimationcorner3820
      @samsanimationcorner3820 2 года назад

      Ah, I love the Philippines. I've never been, but some of my oldest friends are Filipinos.

  • @Aeneid561
    @Aeneid561 2 года назад

    Those pants are awesome

  • @hajotge12
    @hajotge12 2 года назад

    OK
    The yellow trousers show it 😃

  • @RaynorsProphet
    @RaynorsProphet 2 года назад +4

    Man that cheesecake made me hungry!

  • @Teslina4Studios
    @Teslina4Studios 2 года назад

    Croatia is pretty obsessed too

  • @Vendice20
    @Vendice20 2 года назад +3

    Is Mikan like a Mandarine? If so, then here in Poland its a typical Winter imported fruit for Christmas xD

    • @01dom
      @01dom 2 года назад

      I believe they are a strain of mandarine, so could say yes.

    • @brucetownsend691
      @brucetownsend691 2 года назад

      Mikan is the Japanese name for a mandarin. Japan has its own varieties but, like many agricultural products in Japan, the marketing is based on the region it comes from rather than the variety.

    • @ZarlanTheGreen
      @ZarlanTheGreen 2 года назад

      Mikan is called satsuma in the West.

    • @ZarlanTheGreen
      @ZarlanTheGreen 2 года назад

      @@brucetownsend691 No. Mikan is not the Japanese name for mandarin. Mikan refers to the fruit Citrus unshiu …which, in the West, are called satsuma. (because they were imported from Satsuma)
      The Japanese name for mandarins, is マンダリン. (which is read/pronounced: 'mandarin')

  • @ideadlift20kg83
    @ideadlift20kg83 2 года назад +1

    Cool, I never knew that, thanks! :O)

  • @Legitimate123
    @Legitimate123 2 года назад

    4:20 - Risotto -- "Look a da"

  • @AdaminNihon
    @AdaminNihon 2 года назад

    I love Mikan, but I love Yuzu this season! Great video! If you’re ever visiting Saitama lemme know dude ✌️

  • @mspotato1354
    @mspotato1354 2 года назад +3

    Omg we are obsessed with this in Norway too. Literally hoard it throughout December and it's a "Christmas fruit" 😂

  • @yunidizi4227
    @yunidizi4227 2 года назад +6

    I wonder who's the editor, he need a raise 😂

  • @amandawatson5931
    @amandawatson5931 2 года назад

    Looks like what we call a naartjie in South Africa.

  • @turinmormegil7715
    @turinmormegil7715 2 года назад

    Mexerica is love. Mexerica is life

  • @mamodokod
    @mamodokod Год назад

    It looks like an American tangerine or tangello. Some call them halos

  • @WayneLLC
    @WayneLLC 2 года назад

    During Chinese New Year, we use pairs of these to greet people with auspicious words.

  • @ninjadeathoverlord3254
    @ninjadeathoverlord3254 2 года назад

    An authentic Japanese bathtub in Japan, how amazing lol.

  • @ainolonia8138
    @ainolonia8138 Год назад

    That's not really a good motivator since we WANT to see mikan thrown on Chris xD
    You two are so funny waging war xDDD love you both.

  • @asuratoki
    @asuratoki 2 года назад

    i need some mikans..

  • @zackchan2666
    @zackchan2666 2 года назад +1

    We will be waiting for the video where you will throw all the unsold mikan to Chris

  • @HouseMDaddict
    @HouseMDaddict 2 года назад

    Are monpe typically men's pants or do they have them for women too?

  • @chanandlerbong2477
    @chanandlerbong2477 2 года назад

    I wonder if Jarritos Mandarin flavour is popular in Japan

  • @n4rut089animereviewer
    @n4rut089animereviewer 2 года назад

    then the bloopers of actually throwing mikan at chris.

  • @MubashirullahD
    @MubashirullahD Год назад

    Thay ending hahaha

  • @tomytb4135
    @tomytb4135 Год назад

    are hybrid plants for that reson they don´t have seeds, so sad. :(

  • @carlosmunoz360
    @carlosmunoz360 2 года назад

    Mandarinas or Tangerines?

    • @brucetownsend691
      @brucetownsend691 2 года назад

      Mikan are Mandarins in English. A tangerine is different and in between a mandarin and an orange.

  • @aarishbaig
    @aarishbaig 2 года назад

    “Core blimey that’s good innit”

  • @Gigameth89
    @Gigameth89 2 года назад +13

    In Britain we have similar traditions with these, given around Christmas time. We call them "Satsuma" here, but it's the same fruit, as far as I'm aware.
    Delicious. It's true that once you start eating them, it's hard to stop. 😂

    • @dianebaker5243
      @dianebaker5243 2 года назад +4

      Yes😁

    • @lchen2522
      @lchen2522 2 года назад +1

      I look forward to Satsuma season every year. I just got my first ones of the season. 🍊

    • @Linkusmax
      @Linkusmax 2 года назад

      They're the same type of fruit (mandarins) but different varieties , Satsuma and Mikan being the name for those (alongside Imperial, Clementine and a couple dozen others.)

    • @boopenheimer
      @boopenheimer 2 года назад +1

      @@Linkusmax Mikan and Satsuma are the same. Satsuma is just the name used in the west.

  • @spacechannelfiver
    @spacechannelfiver 2 года назад +1

    I'll be in Fukuoka in a month, so looking forward to trying these! Big fan of Satsumas and Clementines, so will be interesting to compare. Ps Risotorro's subtitles crack me up.

    • @ZarlanTheGreen
      @ZarlanTheGreen 2 года назад

      It's easy to compare satsumas and mikan. Step one: Buy two satsumas. Step two: Compare the two.
      (satsuma, is the English word for mikan. Satsuma=mikan …and yet, whenever people translate, they *always* mistranslate mikan with the name of some other citrus fruit …or, like here, leave it as mikan, which suggests it is a different kind of citrus fruit, to satsumas)

  • @konroz
    @konroz 2 года назад

    poor Chris, if i lived in the US or Japan, would buy some, just to be sure, he won't get hit with them. Please advertise stuff, we can buy/order in Europe, too. Thanks

  • @boopenheimer
    @boopenheimer 2 года назад +1

    Ryotaro is out to replace Chris as Mr. Drip

  • @Lisa-gq7qh
    @Lisa-gq7qh 2 года назад

    Ryotaro, you really are the George Clooney of Japan! Loved this informational video!! Uwa at this video!

  • @tishamorgan8388
    @tishamorgan8388 2 года назад +3

    I watched this while eating a delicious mandarin here in New Zealand. Lovely!

  • @CraigNess69
    @CraigNess69 2 года назад

    Is it the same as mandarin oranges?

  • @ZarlanTheGreen
    @ZarlanTheGreen 2 года назад

    From what I can find, monpe seem to predate WWII (though perhaps only by a few decades?), though they were strongly encouraged, or even kinda forced, to be worn by women. (men already wore more mobile clothing) …and those trousers don't look anything like what I can find info/pictures on, when I look up "monpe". Those just seem to be sweatpants. Indeed, how are they any different, to normal sweatpants? (which, BTW, should only ever really be used, for leisurely indoors use)

  • @katrin2347
    @katrin2347 2 года назад

    Do all mikans have no seeds? Or are those only from the place he went to? I'm kinda curious.

    • @MrNgMichael
      @MrNgMichael 2 года назад +3

      I think some variety have seeds... I remember buying some at the grocery store in Japan with some, but that was also like back in 2019, so my memory might be fuzzy.

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican 2 года назад +17

    When you kill Chuta for chocolate: *"A small price to pay,for salvation"* ...RIP Chuta, really was a real one. Chuta was a lifesaver. I was drowning in a lake years ago with Natsuki when Chuta came out of nowhere and saved us from the serpent they call "Chris Broad". The Mikan streetlights is the same energy as the streetlights of Hershey, Pennsylvania being....Hershey Kisses. Ah yes, the Hoenn region...I didn't have time to enjoy the fruits of the region as I was too busy getting obliterated by my Gym leader father at the Petalburg Gym.

  • @Omni0404
    @Omni0404 2 года назад +1

    (awkward mikan silence) 😂

  • @tomytb4135
    @tomytb4135 Год назад

    mandarina en México

  • @antrumkfpsalatschleuder8768
    @antrumkfpsalatschleuder8768 2 года назад +4

    Citrus Fruits are just the best fruits! … never had a Mikan though. 😅

    • @ZarlanTheGreen
      @ZarlanTheGreen 2 года назад

      You probably have. The English (well, Western) name for mikan is 'satsuma'.

  • @BrentonWoods774
    @BrentonWoods774 2 года назад +1

    These are called Mandarins (Мандарины) where I'm from. Idk why, do they originate from China?

    • @brucetownsend691
      @brucetownsend691 2 года назад

      I think they do. The English name Mandarin is a shortened form of “Mandarin Orange” - that is a distinct type of “orange” from China.

  • @CheeseWithMold
    @CheeseWithMold 2 года назад

    sugoi = bit good innit
    Good to know!

  • @DerpEye
    @DerpEye 2 года назад +1

    I think this fruit is commonly eaten in winter months in the northern hemisphere. At least in most countries i know of. I'm italian, and here it's cultivated in the south, and it's a common fruit all troughout the winter. Along with oranges.

  • @TheParcelDude
    @TheParcelDude 2 года назад

    Great video, thanks for your effort :)
    Mikans are wholesome 😎

  • @pattiegensteiner5174
    @pattiegensteiner5174 2 года назад

    "Orange" you doing a GREAT job. !¡!!! Your voice volume is very pleasant and comfortable to listen to!! Good change from previous videos😊

  • @futurerandomness1620
    @futurerandomness1620 2 года назад +1

    I think it's time for another Ryotaro's shopping channel video! I never knew I needed those pants before, but now that I've seen them I can't resist.

  • @endlessteatime4733
    @endlessteatime4733 2 года назад +2

    Tangerines are the best! They're my main sustenance during the winter months lol. Here in Austria, we traditionally give tangerines to children for St. Nicholas Day on 06 Dec. Which, come to think of it, is odd because the holiday has been around for a very long time but obviously the fruit isn't native to central Europe so I wonder how the tradition started. In any case, here we also associate it with winter and being cosy and it's so nice to see similar traditions emerging all over the world!

  • @mamamia_my_asian8488
    @mamamia_my_asian8488 2 года назад

    hahaha cute!

  • @stormtrooperholds
    @stormtrooperholds 2 года назад +5

    Fukuoka seems to be like Florida. We love our Citrus and we grown tangerines. Are Mikan like tangerines then?

    • @verreal
      @verreal 2 года назад

      They're a type of mandarin orange. So kind of like tangerine.

    • @verreal
      @verreal 2 года назад

      They're a type of mandarin orange. So kind of like tangerines.

    • @brucetownsend691
      @brucetownsend691 2 года назад

      The most noticeable feature of a mandarin is the way you can easily peel the skin. Mikan is the Japanese name for a mandarin. A tangerine is in between an orange and a mandarin, the skin being more like that of an orange.

    • @ZarlanTheGreen
      @ZarlanTheGreen 2 года назад

      Mikan are satsumas (satsuma is the English word for mikan. I.e. Citrus unshiu)

    • @ZarlanTheGreen
      @ZarlanTheGreen 2 года назад

      @@brucetownsend691 The Japanese name for mandarin (Citrus reticulata), is マンダリン. (i.e. mandarin)
      The English word for mikan (Citrus unshiu) is satsuma.

  • @verreal
    @verreal 2 года назад +2

    Not only in Japan!! Because they're really delicious.

  • @YeYe-wz1wi
    @YeYe-wz1wi 2 года назад +1

    What a young handsome hippie person

  • @ViApp0
    @ViApp0 2 года назад

    When did you film it? It's the end of November now, the scenery shouldn't be so green, should it?

  • @Laura_Darkspear
    @Laura_Darkspear 2 года назад +1

    Does the Cheesecake Laboratory need a test subject because I will volunteer 🙋🏻‍♀️😆

  • @silverian
    @silverian 2 года назад

    This is funny.. because Mika is also typical first name for Finnish Car drivers.. like Mika Häkkinen.. or Mika Salo.. and in Finnish "Mikan auto" is in English Mika's car or in Japanese kuruma no Mika...

  • @casey9439
    @casey9439 Год назад

    This is Rizzotoro at his finest.

  • @p.herrmann4538
    @p.herrmann4538 2 года назад +1

    In Germany those are called "Mandarinen" 🍊

    • @ZarlanTheGreen
      @ZarlanTheGreen 2 года назад

      No. In Germany, they are called Satsuma. Not Mandarinen. Mandarinen is the German for for mandarins. Mandarins is not the same thing as satsumas/mikan. That's like saying that what the Germans call "Mandarinen", is known as "oranges" in English.

    • @p.herrmann4538
      @p.herrmann4538 2 года назад

      @@ZarlanTheGreen *rolleyes* everyone says mandarine to clementinen and satsuma.

  • @fadlanghifary3973
    @fadlanghifary3973 2 года назад

    In Indonesia we simply call it orange that's it

  • @snowqueen_8958
    @snowqueen_8958 2 года назад

    Mikans and also aren't they called satsumas
    And there's also a satsuma in the state of Louisiana

  • @radjadawamindra697
    @radjadawamindra697 2 года назад

    No wonder in anime, it's often seen on top of kotatsu.

  • @jaqhass
    @jaqhass 2 года назад

    The english word for it is clementine.

  • @AndyLifeInVideo
    @AndyLifeInVideo 2 года назад

    Mikan eat so many mikan!

  • @Caro_Ger
    @Caro_Ger 2 года назад

    Germans are obsessed with them too during winter. Just bought a wooden box the size of a shoe carton of clementines. They are not even expensive. That thing won't survive the week.

  • @MkGm3993
    @MkGm3993 2 года назад +1

    *Ryotaro aggressed kindly

  • @ZarlanTheGreen
    @ZarlanTheGreen 2 года назад +1

    It's English name is Satsuma. Mikan=satsuma. (you may argue that the name should be changed to mikan, as satsuma is a rather stupid name, but… Satsuma is a well established name, for that specific/exact/precise fruit)

    • @richardellingworth4484
      @richardellingworth4484 2 года назад

      So Mikan is a Satsuma. Not sure it's all that stupid a name. According to Wikipedia it was introduced to the west from the Satsuma region of Japan, hence the name.

    • @inisipisTV
      @inisipisTV 2 года назад

      Satsuma is a different variety of Mikkan. Mikkan is also called Mandarin Oranges or Pokkan in China.

    • @ZarlanTheGreen
      @ZarlanTheGreen 2 года назад

      @@richardellingworth4484 First of all Satsuma is a place, secondly it was _imported_ from the trade port in Satsuma …which was the place where *_ALL_* trade, of anything/everything, between the West and Japan occurred.

    • @ZarlanTheGreen
      @ZarlanTheGreen 2 года назад

      @@inisipisTV No. Satsuma and mikan, are both names for the species Citrus unshiu. Varieties have other names (that most regular people don't know or use) …and mandarins are a completely different species. (Citrus reticulata)
      Also, there is no one name, that it is known by, in China. There are a great many languages spoken in China. Even if you ignore the great many non-Chinese languages spoken there (but where most are native to the area. China covers far more, than just areas with ethnically Chinese people, after all), there are many different Chinese languages. (with very different grammar, syntax, words, pronunciation, tones or lack thereof…)
      To speak of "the Chinese language" is as ridiculous as talking about "the European language".