An interesting fact is that several meat varieties in Kurume, including darumu, get their names from German. Darumu comes from the German word därme, meaning intestines. Heart meat, usually called hatsu in standard Japanese is called herutsu in Kurume, from the German word herz. The reason that German words began to enter the Kurume dialect is due to Kurume being home to several medical schools where German words are used in the learning of medical terminology. Medical students thus helped to spread German words, using them to describe not only anatomy but food!

As for why Kurume yakitori fare includes so many options, this is because during the 1960s when yakitori food stalls began to take off, options like darumu, pork belly and chicken gizzard were more readily available to the region than chicken meat was. Kurume yakitori is usually served with vinegared raw cabbage on the side, and pieces of onion are arranged on the skewers between the meat.