Japanese? I always thought Kimchi was a Korean dish.
Kim Chi is a Korean dish. This is why, in post 2, it is spelled in katakana, and not hiragana or kanji, as a native food would be.
One exception I have found to this rule is tobacco!
Just don't call it a comfort food.
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Too soon?
My father was stationed in Korea in 1954. He told me that only the Korean officers could afford to buy kimchi—it was too expensive for the enlisted men.
In Japan it’s tsukemono, and just as delicious as kimchi.