Dec. 30th, 2012 11:19 pm
KodoGuru2 Ep12: Drama Notes
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earth_colorsEp. 12: "Mom's Croquette and Buri-daikon of Mitaka City, Tokyo"
Episode Synopsis. It is almost the end of the year and Inogashira is in Mitaka City to visit a client in the area, an owner of a bar. He stops by a tea and sweets area called "Kanmidokoro Takane" for some relaxing tea and taiyaki. Later on, after his meeting, he plans to eat soba at Jindai-ji (Temple) in the nearby city. However, his urgent feelings of hunger tell him he won't be able to make it. So he scours the immediate vicinity for a diner that could appease his appetite. He finds it in a shop called "Itsuki," an eatery that offers home-cooked set meals...
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Drama Notes:
Mitaka City. Acc. to its official website, "While the city neighborhoods are mostly residential with a “forest” of high-rise condominiums around Mitaka Station, there are also many farmlands and forests showing traces of the old Musashino area, as well as rich natural greenery along the four water routes of the city―the Nogawa, Senkawa and Kandagawa rivers and the Tamagawa Josui Canal." Notable literary figures lived in this city and some of them were buried here: Mushanokōji Saneatsu, Miki Rofū, Yamamoto Yūzō, and Dazai Osamu (he committed suicide in one of the said canals). The Ghibli Museum is also located here.
(info: wiki)
Jindai-ji. This temple was first built in 733, making it the second oldest temple in the Tokyo area (oldest is Asakusa's Senso-ji). It is surrounded by food stands, soba (buckwheat noodles) restaurants and waterwheels powered by a nearby spring. Long ago, this spring water source was used to make soba and the broth while the waterwheels were used to ground up the buckwheat.
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Toshikoshi Noodles. Wiki explains, "Around 11:00 pm on Ōmisoka (New Year's Eve) at home, people often gather for one last time in the old year to have a bowl of toshikoshi-soba or toshikoshi-udon together—a tradition based on people's association of eating the long noodles with “crossing over from one year to the next,” which is the meaning of toshi-koshi. While the noodles are often eaten plain, or with chopped scallions, in some localities people top them with tempura."
(info: wiki) (pic: starbulletin)
Taiyaki. Japanese fish-shaped cake. It is grilled pancake batter usually filled with sweetened red beans. Other fillings include custard, cheese or chocolate.
(info/pic: wiki)
Umani. Vegetables (including some root crops) and meat braised in sugar, soy sauce, and chicken broth. Recipes may differ - from simple to fussy versions.
(for recipes/pic: kanakoskitchen, foodjimoto)
(info and pic: tvtokyo)
Drama Notes:
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| Featured Eatery: Home Cooking Itsuki [お食事 樹] Address: 2-3-7 Kamirenjaku, Mitaka City, Tokyo Tel. No: 0422-48-1338 Nearest Station: 349m from Mitaka Station More pics and info: tabelog (map) | Featured Sweets Shop: Kanmindokoro Takane [甘味処たかね たかね ] Address: 3-32-6 Shimorenjaku, Mitaka City, Tokyo Tel No: 0422-44-8859 Nearest Station: 7 min from South Exit of Mitaka Station More pics and info: tabelog (map) |
Mitaka City. Acc. to its official website, "While the city neighborhoods are mostly residential with a “forest” of high-rise condominiums around Mitaka Station, there are also many farmlands and forests showing traces of the old Musashino area, as well as rich natural greenery along the four water routes of the city―the Nogawa, Senkawa and Kandagawa rivers and the Tamagawa Josui Canal." Notable literary figures lived in this city and some of them were buried here: Mushanokōji Saneatsu, Miki Rofū, Yamamoto Yūzō, and Dazai Osamu (he committed suicide in one of the said canals). The Ghibli Museum is also located here.
(info: wiki)
(info: blue_moon) (pic: tripadvisor)
Toshikoshi Noodles. Wiki explains, "Around 11:00 pm on Ōmisoka (New Year's Eve) at home, people often gather for one last time in the old year to have a bowl of toshikoshi-soba or toshikoshi-udon together—a tradition based on people's association of eating the long noodles with “crossing over from one year to the next,” which is the meaning of toshi-koshi. While the noodles are often eaten plain, or with chopped scallions, in some localities people top them with tempura."
(info: wiki) (pic: starbulletin)
Taiyaki. Japanese fish-shaped cake. It is grilled pancake batter usually filled with sweetened red beans. Other fillings include custard, cheese or chocolate.
(info/pic: wiki)
Umani. Vegetables (including some root crops) and meat braised in sugar, soy sauce, and chicken broth. Recipes may differ - from simple to fussy versions.
(for recipes/pic: kanakoskitchen, foodjimoto)
"My tummy may revolt against me..." Goro's line may be a reference to Anami Korechika, a general in the Japanese Imperial Army and served as War Minister at the end of World War II. He tried to committed seppuku (and eventually finished off by his brother in law) at his home in Mitaka City following Japan's official surrender to the Allied Forces, and his supposed "involvement" in a failed coup against Emperor Hirohito.
(info: wiki)