In honor of “Natto Day” Friday (so named after July “na” and 10 “to”), the group Natto Angel, made up of members of the popular girl’s group AKB48 Miho Miyazaki, 15, Tomomi Itano, 18, and Tomomi Kasai, 17, assembled at a promotional event on Friday.
They performed their song, “Natto Angel,” featuring lyrics like “Natto is good for your intestines” and “For those who don’t like natto, we’ll be there right away.”
© Japan Today
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tokyotom
i love natto and the girls too
Icewind007
Natto made me tear up the first time I tried it... about 3 months later I tried it again; I think it got worse. It doesn't taste too bad but the smell always gets to me.
Sarge
If there were ever three girls wwho could make me eat natto, it would be these three.
Sarge
TheMarion - "I am an old man... I like the taste... old men have no sense of smell"
Then how can you like the taste of natto or anything else? Heck, I'll be an old man in a few more years and I can still smell natto and everything else!
Marion Wm Steele
I am an old man who eats Natto every day and it keeps my blood thin and I have no clots. Besides, I like the taste and old men have no sense of smell.
zaichik
Mr Zaichik was buying natto in an Asian grocery store here in Auckland the other day. Looking rather taken aback, the cashier said to him, "Do you know what that is?" Mr Zaichik answered in the affirmative. The cashier said, "I guess your wife must be Japanese." Mr Zaichik replied, "No, she isn't - we just lived in Japan and got to like natto a lot."
After all, it smells no worse than some cheeses. Natto omelette is really good!
nandakandamanda
One of the foods that actively takes up radioactive Iodine from your body, I heard at the time of the Chernobyl disaster.
Either way, I have got to like it over the years, expecially the Tamba black bean variety, and actually watch my own hand go out, pick up three or so, and place them into my shopping basket. All kinds of ways of eating the stuff too!
realist
Natto is one of the most disgusting "foods" I have ever encountered. It looks bad, smells bad, and tastes disgusting. These three "natto tarts" do nothing for me, and I cant see them doing much for natto either - other than to put more people off it. Im told its good for you, and now these girls are saying its good for our intestines. No thanks - I want to keep my intestines free of amaeba.
Altria
I've got a sticky surprise for the Natto Angels.
boitoi
i like natto! It smells like hell, but damn tastes so good...
cleo
Someone who was very, very, very hungry. So hungry they were past caring.
ratpack
Who was the dude anyway that first thought........"hey these are off and smell like crap but i will dig in anyway!!!!!!!!!!!
ratpack
I refuse to eat anything that smells worse than my shoes do after walking across a desert of dog poop without socks on in the middle of summer!!!!!!
Sarge
Their love is misguided.
HonestDictator
Just say "No" to natto. We'll I'm adventurous when it comes to food, but if I taste it and can't stand it, its outta my tastebuds forever.
TokyoJake
I really don't know a whole lot about these girls, but now that I know how beautiful they are, i'm going to check em' out.
GAYMAN
worthless "story". worthless opinions
IvanCoughalot
I don't like natto. I'm waiting.
smithinjapan
Damn... I use to think natto was okay.
meguro
wahaaaaa ;) natto smells yucky hehe ;) hope those girls doesnt smells yucky hehe
oyatoi
http://www.710.or.jp/angel/index.html
Man can not live on natto alone.
gogogo
WTF? This has to be a commercial venture by natto companies
stirfry
i hate natto...what time you coming over ?
Farmboy
Natto may be good for health, but it clearly has a negative impact on the fashion sense.
Apsara
"Natto is good for your intestines"- now there's a catchy lyric...
antizombie
They want that people buy like mad natto as two years ago. Like the banana syndrom! I have lots of fun in Japan!
funkymofo
Was there an explosion in the changing room, or did they get dressed in the dark?
NuckinFutz
This is newsworthy?
TumbleDry
I like natto but dislike natto tarts.
pawatan
For once I am glad the pictures on JT are so microscopic. I'm getting a headache even from that small one, a larger version surely would induce seizures.
Ninjazilla
NIGHTMARE
lunach1ck
“For those who don’t like natto, we’ll be there right away.”
No thanks.
TokyoGas
E Gad.
aintgottimetobl
girl in the middle oughta be called back for 'daikon day'
smartacus
Yuck, both for natto and the girls' fashion sense.
flatearther
Does natto make you color blind? I had to blink a few times after seeing this picture.
bamboohat
I don't like natto. I'm waiting.