Many local mothers worked for the manufactures of furniture or paulownia boxes which were the local industry and their children ate okonomiyaki as a snack or supper and in order for the children to be able to buy it with their pocket money, cheap minced pork and beef began to be used instead of pork ribs.
地場産業の家具・桐箱製造業で働く母親が多く、お好み焼きは子どものおやつや晩ご飯だったため、子どもがお小遣いで食べられるようにとバラ肉ではなく安い合い挽き肉を使ったのが始まりである。