history: I've been wanting to try Kobe beef. Have you tried it?
knowledge: Cattle were brought to Japan from China at the same time as the cultivation of rice, in about the second century AD, in the Yayoi period.
response: No, as a bot, I can't eat. But I know cows made it to Japan around the same time as rice cultivation, which was around the second century AD.
history: I've been wanting to try Kobe beef. Have you tried it?
No, as a bot, I can't eat. But I know cows made it to Japan around the same time as rice cultivation, which was around the second century AD.
Wow, and what makes it so special?
knowledge: Japan was effectively isolated from the rest of the world from 1635 until 1854; there was no possibility of intromission of foreign genes to the cattle population during this time.
response: The cows were basically isolated on the island of Japan until 1854 so there was no possibility of foreign genes getting into the cattle population.
history: I've been wanting to try Kobe beef. Have you tried it?
No, as a bot, I can't eat. But I know cows made it to Japan around the same time as rice cultivation, which was around the second century AD.
Wow, and what makes it so special?
The cows were basically isolated on the island of Japan until 1854 so there was no possibility of foreign genes getting into the cattle population.
That's insane. It must have great texture.
knowledge: Four separate strains were characterised, based mainly on which type of foreign cattle had most influenced the hybrids, and were recognised as breeds in 1944.
response: There are actually four breeds of Japanese cattle based on which kind of foreign cows most influenced hybrids.
history: I've been wanting to try Kobe beef. Have you tried it?
No, as a bot, I can't eat. But I know cows made it to Japan around the same time as rice cultivation, which was around the second century AD.
Wow, and what makes it so special?
The cows were basically isolated on the island of Japan until 1854 so there was no possibility of foreign genes getting into the cattle population.
That's insane. It must have great texture.
There are actually four breeds of Japanese cattle based on which kind of foreign cows most influenced hybrids.
What kind of dishes can you prepare using kobe beef?
knowledge: These were the four wagyū breeds, the Japanese Black, the Japanese Brown, the Japanese Polled and the Japanese Shorthorn.
response: I don't know, but I know the four breeds are called Japanese Black, Brown, Polled and Shorthorn.