is a Hiroshima-style okonomiyaki

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located at 5-13 Shintenchi in Naka-ku,

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and has over 25 okonomiyaki restaurants, each with a slightly different style and set of ingredients. The restaurants there use a specialty okonomiyaki sauce created especially for Okonomi-mura by Sun Foods. The ''

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'' reported that Okonomi-mura was the top food theme park destination for families in Japan according to an April 2004 poll.

History and location

Okonomi-mura is located at 5-13 Shintenchi in Naka-ku,

, near the east end of

. Following the atomic bombing of the city in August 1945, the , a thin pancake topped with green onions and bonito flakes or shrimp that had gained popularity in Hiroshima prior to the war, became a cheap way for the surviving residents to have food to eat. The Shintenchi area became a place where many of these shops began going beyond the original ingredients and making it . This area is where the Okonomi-mura building was eventually built.

Access

Okonomi-mura is accessible from Hatchobori Station on the Hiroden Main and

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s. It is located about a 3-5 minutes walk () south-southwest of the station, just off Chūō-dōri. From the Hiroden Main Line Hondōri Station, it is about a 6-8 minute walk () southeast of the station.

Amenities

Okonomimura has over 25 okonomiyaki restaurants , each with a slightly different style and set of ingredients. The restaurants are spread across four floors of the building. It was the top food theme park destination for families in Japan according to an April 2004 poll. Sunfoods created a specialty okonomiyaki sauce used exclusively by the restaurants in Okonomi-mura.

References

External links

Okonomi-mura
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Okonomiyaki World
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