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Butadon (豚丼), often literally translated into English as pork bowl, is a Japanese dish consisting of a bowl of rice topped with pork simmered in a mildly sweet sauce. It also often includes a sprinkling of green peas. A popular food in Japan, it is commonly served with takuan. Buta means "pig" or "pork", and don is short for donburi, the Japanese word for "bowl".


 * 1) Butadon originated from the city of Obihiro, Japan. This version is known as Obihiro butadon.
 * 2) Butadon originated as an alternative offered by Gyūdon chain stores in response to the 2003 outbreak of Bovine spongiform encephalopathy. This version is known as Gyūdon chain butadon.

This article will explain the differences between the two in detail.

Obihiro Butadon
The Tokachi Subprefecture style of butadon is a bowl of rice topped with pork cooked with a sweet and spicy sauce. This variant is considered unique to this region and attributed to Shuji Abe in 1993. He is also the founder of Pancho, a popular restaurant in Obihiro.

This dish is offered in many restuarants in eastern Hokkaido as a Tokachi specialty and enjoyed with additional seasonings of sugar and soy sauce. Some stores differ in preparation of the pork (grilled or teppanyaki) and toppings (green onions, green peas).