Awaji Island (or Awajishima) is located between Honshu Island and Shikoku in Japan, and there are many claims to be infamous. According to Shinto’s creation myth, Awaji is the first island in Japan created by the gods Izanagi and Izanami. It is connected to Kobe, one of Japan’s largest cities (and named after Wagyu Cousin Kobe Beef), the world’s second-longest suspension bridge, Akashi Kaikyo Bridge. It also has several buildings by legendary architect Tadao Ando. It grows a whole bunch of really delicious, irresistible sweet onions.
Awajishima is not Japan’s largest onion producer (that is Hokkaido, the northernmost part of the Japanese archipelago), but it’s a solid second. The island is an ideal growth environment for light bulbs, with sunshine and abundant soil being minerals blown from sea water that can give onions a trademark sweetness. Although Awaji has always been a reliable source of Japanese agriculture, onions were not introduced into the region until the late 19th century, a period of rapid modernization of closed countries. Once arrived, however, it soon became a central commodity for the island’s tourism industry.
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Awaji Onion is already famous
Awaji onions hang in the shed. -Monkichi Lutwidge/Shutterstock
Unfortunately, it is unlikely that you will find stocked Awaji onions in your local supermarket. That said, southern adult Vidalia onions are the best choice for onion boils approved by Tiktok, with a similar sweetness, so you are not completely deprived of the benefits of the Allium genus. However, if you do trek to Japan for onion restoration, however, you’ll be happy to know there are a lot of related activities for you to enjoy. The most striking is the “Ottamanegi”, a giant sculpture of an onion on a cliff above the sea. It is conceivable that this is a popular photo.
But this is just the beginning of your potential onion trip. Do you want to visit the Onion Museum? Eliminate yourself. Want to have onion-flavored ice cream? Why not. Want to wear a little onion wig while posing in front of a giant onion statue? go ahead. You want to operate an onion claw machine, can you choose a real onion here? The world is your onion! (Uh, oysters. Sorry, we strayed a little from the onion and happened to be our best.) While this might be Awaji’s Schlep, especially if you have some great white, red and yellow onions to choose from at home, it’s worth it.
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