I have taken a long break from blogging. I hope to write a few more articles.

Today I tried a super-large bowl of instant yakisoba “UFO” that I found at the supermarket. Japan’s two most popular yakisoba are “Peyoung” and “UFO,” but UFO is by far the most distinctive with its thick sauce flavor. The “UFO Barrel,” which we will eat today, is twice the size of UFO, which has a strong presence.

Let’s make it!
The package is about the size of a bowl of ramen noodles.

It simply contains two noodles!

I think the bag of sauce and toppings fried egg is also big.

And ・・・・
Sorry, I forgot to take a picture of the finished product and got absorbed in eating it.

I guess there are few Japanese who don’t like UFOs.
I even see UFO-flavored onigiri at convenience stores sometimes.
I guess that’s why they are so popular.

Last month in Japan, five automakers were ordered by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism to suspend shipments of certain models because of alleged irregularities in the national certification system. The companies were found to have committed improprieties in one of the many checkpoints in the automobile manufacturing process. The five companies involved in the fraud were Toyota, Mazda, Yamaha, Honda, and Suzuki.

I did not pay much attention to this news, but looking at the follow-up reports and articles on the Internet, it seems to me that the fraud was only in certain items out of the many strictly set checkpoints, so it is more accurate to say that it was a mistake than fraud. Also, Toyota, which is currently the topic of discussion, seems to have cleared the strict checkpoints set by the government even more rigorously than the standard values.

At a press conference held after the fraud was discovered, Chairman Toyoda also claimed that there were unclear rules regarding the government’s certification system and insisted that the system be improved.

Then, on July 18, Chairman Toyoda’s statement that “Japan today is not willing to work hard” has become a hot topic.

From what I saw on social networking sites in response to this statement, I thought there were many comments defending Toyota. It is obvious that it would be a great loss for Japan if a large company with a wide overseas presence were to leave the country.

I don’t think that Toyota will move overseas, though,This news made me feel that everyone has a good feeling about Toyota.

I will continue to choose Honda for my motorcycle and Toyota for my car!

As for yakisoba, I will choose Peyoung.The UFO with twice the amount of thick sauce was a bit hard for me at my age…