Shichirin is Hibachi? "Shichirin" is cooking tool.

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 Shichirin" is a portable stove made from diatomaceous earth.
In Japan, it was first used in the Edo period, and was used by the general public and at food stalls as a handy and convenient cooking tool.
It is still sold today (3,000 yen to 15,000 yen).

Shichirin" is small in size. This means that you can cook with a small flame.
It is convenient to carry around and has the advantage of being less likely to cause a fire.

Fish grilled on a hibachi becomes more flavorful and delicious.


In the Edo period, many Japanese people lived in wooden and paper tenement houses called "Nagaya".
Nagaya were small and easy to live in, but they didn't have good ventilation.
For this reason, people would take their Shichirin outside to cook with.


 The Shichirin is a very convenient stove. It has holes in the body through which air can pass, and when you blow air through it with a fan or something similar, the charcoal quickly heats up. In addition, the raw material, diatomaceous earth, is a material that is excellent for insulation and has high heat retention performance.

The Shichirin can be used to cook with just a little charcoal, so you can save on fuel.
For this reason, it was possible to cook with 7rin (shichi-rin,0.7mon) of fuel, which was cheaper than 1mon, the currency of the Edo period.(soba 15mon,ukiyoe 20mon~)
This is how it came to be called a "shichirin".

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People in the Kansai region call a "shichirin" a "kanteki".
The word "kanteki" means "quick to anger", and it is called a "kanteki" because it lights up quickly and burns red, just like a person's personality.

There are two types of "shichirin": round and rectangular.
the round type is better for cooking with a pot on top,
and the long, thin type is better for grilling on skewers or fish.

There are various types of "hibachi" on sale.

Nowadays, hibachi are also used for outdoor activities, cookouts, barbecues, etc.
In English, "hibachi" is also called "hibachi-style", and it seems that they are sold in the United States, but I've never seen one, so I don't know.

Originally, "hibachi" is not a cooking tool, but a heating appliance used indoors.

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