The three cities in Japan competing for the title of dumpling capital are Utsunomiya City, Hamamatsu City and Miyazaki City.

As a traditional delicacy of our country, dumplings are not only very popular in China, but also in Japan. It is no exaggeration to say that the Japanese people have taken their love for dumplings to the extreme Extremely, not only have they improved dumplings and invented "Japanese-style fried dumplings", but they have also built "dumpling statues" for dumplings. There are also special dumpling festival events every year, and they even specially designed a fried dumpling mobile phone case.

Dumplings originated from ancient coins, formerly known as "Jiao'er". It is a traditional pasta of the Han people with a history of more than 1,800 years. Zhang Zhongjing's cold-repelling Jiao'er soup in the Eastern Han Dynasty is the The origin of the invention of dumplings was originally for medicinal use.

Today’s dumplings, also known as dumplings, are a staple food and local snack in northern China. They are also an indispensable food during the New Year and festivals. As people often say, during the Great Cold and Xiaohan, eat dumplings to celebrate the New Year. ?

The first person to eat dumplings in Japan was named Tokugawa Mitsuhiro. At that time, he hired Zhu Shunshui, a late Ming scholar who was exiled in Nagasaki, to give lectures, and ate the duck meat filling offered by Zhu Shunshui. It becomes a dumpling called "Fu Bao". However, dumplings did not become popular in Japan until during World War II, when the Manchurian pioneer group stationed in Utsunomiya, Tochigi Prefecture, was conquered by the delicious dumplings from Northeast my country, so they brought the dumpling making method back to Utsunomiya and used it as a The source gradually developed throughout Japan and became a very favorite Chinese cuisine among Japanese people.

In Japan, Utsunomiya is considered the birthplace of dumplings. It is also the place with the largest number of dumplings and dumpling shops including fried dumplings, steamed dumplings, and boiled dumplings. There is also a quilted dumpling statue in Utsunomiya. The stone statue of Venus wrapped in skin is called the "dumpling statue".

Not only that, in order to express their love for dumplings, the local dumpling association in Utsunomiya also cooperated with a well-known Japanese 3C peripheral accessories brand to create a "fried dumpling mobile phone case" that looks very delicious.

In addition to Utsunomiya, Hamamatsu City and Miyazaki City also came up with various tricks to express their love for dumplings in order to compete for the dumpling capital, and even formed a three-legged situation.