Konamon: Flour-based Cuisine

Konamon means "flour-based cuisine," but in Osaka Prefecture the word generally refers to 2 specific dishes: takoyaki (bite-sized batter balls with pieces of octopus inside) and Okonomiyaki (savory pancakes made with cabbage). This time on Japanology Plus, our theme is Konamon: flour-based cuisine. Our guest is lifestyle researcher Mana Kumagai, who takes us to outstanding Konamon and Okonomiyaki restaurants. And in Plus One, Matt Alt learns how to make Monjayaki, a Tokyo twist on flour-based food.

Directing

Mamoru Abe · Director

Writing

Adam Fulford · Script Consultant

Satomi Furukawa · Script Consultant

Production

Jun Ito · Executive Producer

Naoko Fujimura · Producer

Sachiko Miyamoto · Executive Producer

Camera

Yoshihiro Fukuda · Camera Operator

Editing

Hitomi Nemoto · Editor

Sound

Masaki Hirabayashi · Sound Engineer

Masanobu Kuroda · Music Supervisor

Lighting

Yuji Toda · Lighting Technician

Guest Stars (6)

Matt Alt as Self - Reporter in Plus One

Dwight D. Eisenhower as Self (archive footage)

Mana Kumagai as Self - Expert

Ai Nagai as Self - Cook

Riho Sakakura as Self - Cook

Suenori Murayama as Self - Expert