FOOD

I am from Ibaraki. One of the most famous Ibaraki 's food is natto .  I like natto very mach. But, many people do not like it. Most of reason why they do not like it is its smell. Also, Some people who have never eaten it say that natto tastes and smells awful.

 Though there are a lot of people who hate natto, there are more people who like natto because natto is healthy. Natto is made from soy beans. So, it has a lot of protein. Therefor, natto was one of protein source in the Warring States period in Japan. In Edo period, nato was sold in the every morning in Kyoto and Edo. Aslo, during  the world war Ⅱ, it was military food and after the war, the Japanese ate it as energy source. So, natto spread all over the Japan.

Although nato is elected "the world bad-smelling food" , it is spreading all over the world gradually. There are people in Eroupe and United State who like natto and they have been increasing recently. In addition, as a lot of Japanese and Japanese-America live in Hawaii,  natto is made there. Also, there are foods like nato all over the world. For example, thua-nao, which is a food in the north of Thailand, tempeh, which is a food in Southeast Asia, and so on. These common point have been energy source.

 Natto has a lot of types. For instanse, Siokaranatto, Hikiwarinatto, Itohikinatto, which is the most popular natto, and so on. The consumption of natto in Japan depend on prefecture. Most is Fukusima and worst is Wakayama. Also, the consumption tends to be less in West-Japan. According to NTTnavispace, in Kinki, Shikoku and Tyugoku, people who is dislike natto is more in Japan. Especially in Nara, Shimane, Tokushima and Kouchi more half people dislike natto. That is amazing. So, I hope all Japanese like natto.