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Re:Rice Cooker Hacks - The Ebert Way by tnkm on Thursday December 20, 2012 @09:57PM (#4951284)
The "Ja-pan #2" is likely in reference to this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yakitate!!_Japan

From the "List of Ja-pan": "Ja-pan #2: Suihan ja-pan (a Suihan is any automatic rice-cooker)recipe in chapter 13"

Re:Rice Cooker Hacks - The Ebert Way by Cogito on Friday December 21, 2012 @03:00AM (#4951927)
Yakitake!! is deservedly one of my favourite all time Japanese shows. None of my friends understand why I like it, but then again, none of my friends have watched it.

As soon as I saw these images, I knew exactly where they were from (it's an audience participation segment of the show).

[edit] The protagonist of the show is upset that while many other countries have their own bread (eg French Bread) Japan does not. He sets out to find the perfect Japanese Bread, and in the process creates a series of different breads labelled Ja-pan #1, Ja-pan #2 etc. It's a great show. He has extremely warm hands, which help when kneading the dough.

Re:Rice Cooker Hacks - The Ebert Way by ahoge on Friday December 21, 2012 @01:54AM (#4951806)
In the anime, they actually explained how to cook bread in a rice cooker at the end of one episode.