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Moonspeaker said:

... "Reason: It reminds people of the war" ...

Ouch.

I don't think I'll ever be able to fully grasp what those two bombs did to the Japanese psyche. :(

Based on what Wikipedia says:

Wikipedia said:

The name is derived from the word okonomi, meaning "how you like" or "what you like", and yaki meaning "cooked" (usually fried).

I suppose this means Hiroshima-yaki translates to fried Hiroshima. Definitely not something to say to people whose city got fried (literally and metaphorically) in the war.

Etnaz said:

Based on what Wikipedia says:

I suppose this means Hiroshima-yaki translates to fried Hiroshima. Definitely not something to say to people whose city got fried (literally and metaphorically) in the war.

No no. Hiroshiman claim that Hiroshima's okonomiyaki is the origin of all okonomiyaki. To say that the origin is 'only' one of a variant style of okonomiyaki is just...yeah, not cool. If you say anything about nuke, Hiroshiman will still calm but if you say 'Hiroshima-yaki', Hiroshiman will rage.