A strange new twist on a classic Japanese snack, which involves the underarm sweat of the women who prepare it, is being proudly promoted in some high-end establishments.
Always be very skeptical about "Japan weird" stories that don't cite a specific store or person or place. I'm not saying that this particular story isn't real, but this kind of shit gets made up all the time for clicks.
Stuff like this that really puts into perspective how much of this is just marketing speak, like delicacy and "high-end" is really just shit you can call anything you want if you have enough confidence and clout.
no doubt, but I'm always suspicious of "japan weird" stories, because they appeal to the very white supremacist refusal to understand any culture that isn't their own in any meaningful depth, and to instead point and jeer ar it
You have to put salt and water on your hands to season the rice and keep the rice from totally sticking to them. How would that even work for the armpitgiri? Even if you're super sweaty, that shit is probably going to be sticking to your skin and making a mess.