2012-10-20

earth_colors: (bitter coffee)
2012-10-20 06:24 pm

KodoGuru S2 Ep.2: Drama Notes

Ep. 2: "Black Tempura on Rice of Ningyo-cho, Nihon-Bashi, Chuo Ward"


Episode Synopsis. Inogashira goes around the old cultural town of Ningyo-cho, looking for Japanese gifts to send to his European female friend. Since his friend is expecting a child, Inogashira wants to get her something for her pregnancy as well as an item that denotes Japanese culture. While looking for shops, he stops by a tea shop called "Mori no En" and tries out their sweets made with green tea. Later on, as he was browsing in a shamisen shop, he feels the need to eat something that's classically Japanese... and so, tempura comes to mind. He goes around the area searching for a tempura-ya until he smells the aroma of frying foods. It was coming from a shop called "Tempura Nakayama"...
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