#10 Japanese BBQ - Japanese BBQ Culture｜ 🇯🇵 Japanese Listening Practice

Konnichi what's up! Welcome to the NINJA JAPANESE podcast. I'm Ninja Sensei. Everyone, thank you for studying Japanese today. You're doing your best. In this podcast, I introduce useful phrases and Japanese culture in gentle Japanese. Today, I'm going to talk about Japanese BBQ. Let's get started! Have you all had a BBQ this year? I had a BBQ with my family last Saturday. It's been a long time since I had a BBQ. It was fun. This time, I'm going to talk about what you eat at a Japanese BBQ, where Japanese people have a BBQ, and the rules and manners of a BBQ. I'm going to talk about topics like these. First, let's talk about places. Where do Japanese people have a BBQ? I think it's often at rivers, seas, and mountains. This time, I had a BBQ at a river. It was near the river. So, I had a BBQ and ate meat and other things. When it got hot, I went to the river and swam and played. So, rivers, seas, and mountains. And next... Wait a minute. Where do you have a BBQ in your country? My image of overseas BBQ is at my house or my friend's garden. I had a working holiday in Melbourne, Australia for 6 months. In Australia, there is a free BBQ space in a large park. I had a BBQ with my friend there. So, I have an image of a house or a park. Do you have a BBQ at rivers, seas, and mountains? Please let me know in the comments. Next, let's talk about what you eat. I think this is probably different from overseas. In your country, you eat steak, right? In Japan, we eat thin meat. Do you know what I mean? Have you ever seen Japanese BBQ? They use this thin meat and eat it with BBQ sauce or salt and pepper. Also, we eat chicken, but pork and beef are thin. And we eat vegetables. Vegetables are onions, carrots, corn, peppers, and pumpkins. Do you know what a pepper is? It's a weird name, isn't it? Peppers are bell peppers in English. It's a green food. Yes, yes, yes. I ate that, too. And... Vegetables... Fruits. What do you think is the most popular fruit in Japanese BBQ? That's right. Do you understand? That's right. It's watermelons. Yes, yes, yes. In Japanese BBQ, we always eat watermelons. I ate watermelons with my family this time, too. When you BBQ in a bigger group, you buy a whole watermelon and use a big stick to split the watermelon. There is also an event called Watermelon Splitting. Please google it. Watermelon Splitting in Japan. It's interesting. We eat watermelons when we BBQ. So far, I have explained the location and food. Next is the rules. This is... There are really Japanese-like rules. Garbage from the BBQ and charcoal used You have to take all of this home. You can't throw it away at the BBQ. Take it all home. This is the manner of Japanese BBQ. It's normal. So, you BBQ in the river or the sea, but you have to clean it all up before you go home. There are these rules, so if you BBQ with your friends in Japan, please be careful. Yes. That's it. Oh, one more thing. Um... I'm sorry. Lastly, there is an interesting Japanese BBQ culture. It's fireworks. The Japanese fireworks that you imagine are probably big fireworks. I think it's a firework that goes to the sky. Have you ever heard of a hand-held firework? It's a small firework that you hold a firework of this length with your hand and light it up here at the tip. It's also good for BBQ or camping. You can buy this at the supermarket. You can buy it at the supermarket. You can also buy it at a home center. You can also buy it at a convenience store. You can definitely buy it at a Japanese convenience store. It's only available in summer. So, after you finish eating, when it gets a little dark, I think it's an interesting Japanese BBQ culture Today, I talked about Japanese BBQ. Was Japanese BBQ the same as BBQ in your country? Was it a little different? I want to know more about the style of BBQ in your country, so please let me know in the comments. Thank you for listening to the end today. Arigatou gozaimasu! Let's study Japanese together in the next episode! See you next time!