How did hotdogs came to Japan?

A new photos exhibition reveals that the Germans have taught the Japanese how to make hotdogs. It wasn’t part of a cultural exchange, but during World War I, where the German prisoners showed their guards how to prepare Germany favorite food.

It seems it all started in June of 1918, when the prisoners showed their methods to Yoshifusa Iida, a government official that spread the techniques around the nation. Since then the hotdogs or susages, have made a round trip around the world, so in the end you can find this in Harajuku in Tokyo:

 

 

Via [Mainichi]

Photo by InfoMofo

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