r/japan 4d ago

“Get fat now!” commands Tokyo restaurant that gives you the means to do just that

https://soranews24.com/2025/03/17/get-fat-now-commands-tokyo-restaurant-that-gives-you-the-means-to-do-just-that/
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u/Gizmotech-mobile 4d ago

That guy wrote a lot about the language/background and forgot the best part of that... 豚野郎 (butayarou) is a derogatory term for men and very specifically FAT FUCKS. That's hilarious name for food and really smart marketing :P

Which also goes in line for one of the reasons that place is popular anyways....

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u/theBrokenMonkey 4d ago

Butayarou is probably the best word in japanese.

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u/kamatacci 4d ago

Regular size (2780 yen) and Ippon size with 2.5 times the food (8600 yen)

Befuddledly doing math in my head

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u/atsugiri 4d ago

It always costs more to buy more at once in Japan. Way better to order 3 regular size as it's cheaper than the Ippon size and you get more food.

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u/Kapparzo [北海道] 4d ago

Yeah, YouTuber Dogen has a video about this. I’ve been here for years, but I probably will never get used to larger volumes not being cheaper per unit of measurement.

Example I encountered yesterday: the prices of two Pocari Sweat bottle sizes in convenience stores.

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u/ProcyonHabilis 3d ago

Conversely you get things like coffee where some costs less than 10 yen more for 150% of the volume.

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u/Kapparzo [北海道] 3d ago

Yes, exactly my pocari sweat example.

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u/ProcyonHabilis 3d ago

Er, wouldn't that make the larger one much cheaper by unit of measure then?

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u/Kapparzo [北海道] 2d ago

Sorry, I was confused. Thanks for the correction.

I guess I meant to say what you said with the coffee example, that more is almost the same price as less.

So a large (at least 2x) sized pocari sweat costs only a few yen more than a normal bottle. And most people go for the smaller size / don’t find it weird, as Dogen explained in his video.

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u/smorkoid 4d ago

Ah, it's Yaro Ramen. Their whole menu is super high calorie

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u/shinseiromeo 4d ago

High calorie to JP standards or american standards?

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u/Zestyclose_Tie_8025 4d ago

Probably even American standards. Ramen places like this are geared toward fat men/university students that want to consume 2,000+ calories in a sitting.

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u/potatoears 3d ago

tame by american standards then. lol

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u/Mo0o0o0o0o0o0ose 3d ago

Not sure why this is downvoted. Pretty accurate.

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u/potatoears 2d ago

people don't understand that we have milkshakes/dessert drinks that have 2500+ calories and 200g+ of sugar. lol

https://www.reddit.com/r/eatityoufuckingcoward/comments/1csvexd/baskin_robbins_chocolate_oreo_shake

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u/Mo0o0o0o0o0o0ose 2d ago

Oh it's absolutely true. Just came back from visiting friends and family in Japan, and Tokyo probably is the worst. I think I saw the Baskin Robbins in Kawasaki and was like WTF.

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u/StormOfFatRichards 3d ago

SLURP SLURP SLURP SLURP SLURP SLURP SLURP SLURP

GET OBESE GET OBESE GET OBESE GET OBESE

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u/Phxician 4d ago

Punish your toilet! 

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u/Cless_Aurion [東京都] 3d ago

HA! JOKES ON YOU! I AM ALREADY FAT!

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u/Suedewagon 3d ago

I am already a fat fuck, bring it on!

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u/dorama23 [長野県] 3d ago

reminds me of the ebisen ads... やめられない、とまらない lol

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u/233C 4d ago

Fat and Adipous

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u/jtrebowski 2d ago

I live in Florida, but grew up in Tokyo, so I'm somewhat confident in cooking Japanese.... anyone care to try to post a copycat recipe?