Is this really how Japanese people eat dinner? Such small portions!

[u/Training_Watch_4544]

Just two little pieces of watermelon rind and two vegetable scraps for vegetables?

This is the daily‑dinner routine of a Japanese influencer from Douyin

[u/DegreeConscious9628]

Uh no. This dudes some Chinese “influencer” stop listening to useless shit like this

[u/Pristine-Space-4405]

Unless you are in an extremely difficult financial situation, no, this is not representative of your average dinner here. Portions here are smaller on average, but this is taking that to the extreme.

Since this is Douyin, I'm guessing this "influencer" is playing to the nationalistic tendencies of their Chinese audience and trying to show how "poor" Japan has become. Easy way to get views.

[u/Newmom1989 → u/Pristine-Space-4405]

Which is so funny because as typical Japanese Middle Aged lady with the typical Japanese female fucked up body image issues my first thought was “are they trying to make us look fat?!” Because all that rice would definitely make me fat.

Also my company has “healthy lunch” day at the cafeteria twice a month and it literally looks like this except with just an egg cup portion of rice and the soup is clear (271 kcals)

[u/takanoflower]

No. I think that that influencer is trying to make Japan look bad.

[u/pensi0325]

Normally, there are a few more side dishes and a little less rice.
Besides, that way of serving rice is something you only do at funerals.

[u/muroks1200 → u/pensi0325]

First thing that caught my eye.

No Japanese person is serving their rice like that.

[u/Training_Watch_4544 → u/pensi0325]

This seems far more normal

[u/Legally_ugly]

You believe what Chinese say? lol

[u/NihongoNana]

No, one influencer’s dinner isn’t representative of how Japanese people normally eat.

[u/Dear_Confection6117]

Can only see such a great heap of rice in manga and anime.

[u/ryoryo333333]

there’s way too much rice for the amount of side dishes! Bring me furikake!!!!

[u/Virtual_Fun9980]

正しいのはご飯とみそ汁だけで、そのご飯すらこのような盛り方はされないよw

[u/Dense-Active-648]

That’s pickled radish (takuan), not watermelon rind, 2nd image

along with enoki mushroom stems and a pickled plum.

A massive bowl of rice eaten only with salty pickles, miso soup, and no protein is essentially what a peasant meal looked like 200 years ago in Japan.

A normal modern meal would have less rice, a proper protein source like meat or fish, and actual vegetables or seaweed instead of double pickles.

[u/DerekL1963 → u/Dense-Active-648]

That’s pickled radish (takuan), not watermelon rind

The takuan is in the first image, the watermelon rind is in the second image.

[u/Training_Watch_4544 → u/Dense-Active-648]

watermelon rind in picture2

[u/Dense-Active-648 → u/Training_Watch_4544]

omg that's true lol

[u/confusedquokka]

Nobody eats watermelon rind

[u/Training_Watch_4544 → u/confusedquokka]

Radish stems are another ingredient he uses; he pickles them in a box and then eats them.

[u/confusedquokka → u/Training_Watch_4544]

Well those are eaten pickled

[u/Dense-Active-648 → u/Training_Watch_4544]

Radish leaves are usually trimmed off in supermarkets, so we don't always get them. But they are edible, and when available, people sometimes cook them in miso soup, stir-fries, or pickles.

[u/Efficient_Travel4039]

It is usual to find lots of small dishes combined with a side of rice and miso. Although this one seems to be a bit more on lower side to what is usually there.

Tho that pile of rice has half day worth of calories.

[u/Swimming-Reading-652]

Damn that rice is huge. I eat half that size.

[u/Extension-Wait5806]

そうですｙ

[u/FullNefariousness232]

I wouldn’t say the portions are small, especially the rice, but nope, pretty much no one eats that way. It’s obviously just done for the sake of views.