Sauerkraut or sardines? Hiroshima's pancake goes global for G7 summit

Okonomiyaki, a pancake-shaped mix of noodles, cabbage, egg, meat and seafood, topped with a distinctive sweet and sour sauce and fried on a hot metal plate, are seen at a okonomiyaki specialty chain Chinchikurin restaurant in Hiroshima, western Japan May 8, 2023. REUTERS/Tom Bateman

When Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida hosts leaders of the Group of Seven richest nations in Hiroshima this week, restaurants in the city hope to put a local speciality on the map, with a choice of fillings to cater for foreign tastes.

A gateway to tourism on the western side of Japan's main island, Hiroshima's name is forever carved in history as the first city to suffer the horror of a nuclear attack nearly 78 years ago.