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It's Chinatown

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The Origins of Fortune Cookies

Sally Osaki is California born and raised, but her parents came from Japan in the early 1900s. In Kyoto, you will be able to find these Japanese bakers like grilling fortune cookies. Jennifer flew to the Hushimi Inari Taishash shrine in Kyoto specifically to try them. But they're not like the fortune cookies we see in the United States. They're actually kind of like this nutty savory flavor.

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