KodoGuru3 Ep6: Drama Notes

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Ep. 6: "Grilled Pork Innards / Yakiniku of Itabashi, Itabashi Ward"

Episode Synopsis. Goro steps off Itabashi Station and heads for an appointment with an aspiring shop-owner with an unusual last name. Afterwards he stops at a store, "Tamotsu's Bread." Its inexpensive, old-fashioned bread delights Goro, making him reminisce about his boyhood. Later, he goes inside a yakiniku shop, called "Yamagen" to bask in a smoky feast of grilled pork innards.
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Drama Notes:

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Featured Eatery: Yamagen [山源] Address: 1-22-10 Itabashi, Itabashi Ward, Tokyo Tel. no. 03-3963-4656 Nearest Station: 3 minute walk from Itabashi Station West Exit More pix and info: tabelog (map)		Featured Sweets Shop: Pan Kōbō Tamotsu [パン工房たもつ] Address: 7-28-9 Takinogawa, Kita-ku, Tokyo Tel. no: 03-3916-9910 Nearest Station: 5-minute walk from Itabashi Station More pix and info: tabelog (map)

Itabashi, Tokyo. One of the 23 special wards of Tokyo, near Saitama Prefecture. Its name literally means 'plank bridge,' deriving it from a durable wooden bridge that used to exist over Shakuji river from the Heian Period.
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Amashoku. According to 1000thingsaboutjapan, it's a "half-cookie/half cake sort of baked good which is lightly sweet and has enough dryness to give it a pleasant cookie texture and enough moisture to give a cakey density." It used to be a popular bread before but got overtaken by anpan and other Japanese breads so it's rare finding it in shops nowadays.

(info: 1000thingsaboutjapan; mari_diary) (pic: wiki)

Kappa. Folkloric water-dwelling creatures. There are varied versions and names. Acc. to wiki, these are typically depicted as turtle-like "in humanoid form, and about the size of a child. Their scaly, reptilian skin ranges in color from green to yellow or blue. Kappa supposedly inhabit the ponds and rivers of Japan and have various features to aid them in this environment, such as webbed hands and feet."
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