ANP SINCB

IT'S RAW,
PEOPLE
MIC3HT
THINK IT
POESN'T
TAKE A
LOT OF
SKILL
BUT FOR PISH
OR MEAT TO BE
EATEN RAW, A
REAT PEAL OF
TECHNIQUE IS
REQUIRED?.
WB SHOULP Bg
PROUP THAT
JAPANESE CUISINE
HAS PEVELOPEP
SUCH PELIC1OUS
WAYS TO PREPARE
SASHIMI.
IT'S NOT
VERY
COMMON
IN OTHER
COUNTRIgS
TO EAT
RAW.
A H O T C U P O F TE A
ANP SINCE IT
CAN ONLY Bg
PONE WITH
WASHI
PAPER, IT'S
CULTURALLY
SIGNIFICANT
AS WBLL.
RISHT.
I WAS
espgciAuuy
IMPRESSED
BYTHg
KAMISHIO
TECHNIQUE.
NOW I'M
SURE YOU
ALL UNPER-
STANP HOW
WONPERFUL
JAPANESE
CULTURE
CAN BE/
SOUNPS
LIKE YOU'RE
THE ONE
TEACHING
US...
KURITA-
KUN, HOW
ABOUT A
CUP OF
T6AP
OH/ YOU
MAPETEA
FOR ME,
TANIMURA-
SANP
I CAN'T
LET YOU
POI TAU,
THE TI ME,
CAN I ?
HM,
80I UNHOT
HQiJICHA.
...I SONE
WAy o p
COPI N
WI TH THE
SUMMER
HEAT.
ON DAYS
LIKE THIS
DRINKING
SOME-
THIN
HOT...
THE HOT TEA
ACTUAl.Uy
COOUS My
eopy
THAN PRINKIN
SOMETHIN
COLD.
TANIMUP8A
SANP
WHAT
ABOUT
MS?
239
JEEZ, I T'S
BOI UI N/
*TOZAI NEWS COMPANY
THEy PON'T
THI NK
THSy'RE
OI NTO
BE ABUE
TO FI X I T
RI GHT/
SEE y o u
LATER/ I
HOW
COME IT'S
SO HOT I N
HERE?/
THE AI R
CONPI TI ON-
I N@ BROKE
POWN.
YAMAOKA/
WHERE PO
YOU THINK
YOU'RE
SO1N?/
I MEAN/
I 'UU BE
WORKIN
OUTSIPE
THE
OFFI CE.
I'M OIN
TO COOU
OFF AT A
CAFE WITH
AN AIR
CON-
238
IAN IS A THIRC"-
gNBRATION
JAPANESE
AMERICAN. HB
SPSAKS FLUENT
JAPANESE THANKS
TO HAVIN LIVED
HERE FOR A FEW
YEARS WHBN HE
WAS A CH1U7.
I'Vg KNOWN
HIM SINCg
COLLEGg;
we MET
WHBN I WAS
STUDYING
ABROAD IN
THB STATES.
AND BVBN IF W6
SAY NO, YOU'LL
START YgLLING
AND THEN TELL
US IT'S AN
ORDER, RIGHT?
SOMETHING
TO WELCOME
THE
SENATOR...
SO THE
JOB I'D
LIKE TO
ASK OF
YOU IS..
TO COMS
UP WITH AN
APPROPRIATE
MEAL- TO
WELCOMg
HIM.
HEY NOW, THAT'S
NONSENSE.
DOSS AND
HORSES ARE FAR
MORg USEFUL.
THAN YOU/
HOW
DID
YOU
GUESS
FLOGGED
AROUND
UKBA
DOGOR A
HORSE...
AAH,
POOR,
PATHETIC
MB...
PUEASE GO
AHEAD AND
MAKB SOME
FOR EVERY-
BODY.
YAMA-
OKA,
KURITA.
YES,
YAMAOKA,
I'M SURE THE
OTHERS
WOUL.D UIKE
A CUP TOO.
HAVE
A JOB
FOR
YOU.
OH, OHARA-SAN
YAMAOKA'S
MAKINGSOME
TEA FOR US
RIGHT NOW.
WHY DON'T
YOU HAVE A
CUP TOO?
WIL.U,
THANK
YOU.
...HE'S MADE
THE gFFORT TO
FIND SOME TIMg
IN HIS BUSY
SCHEDUUg TO
COME AND Sgg
ME DURINGHIS
STAY.
I'Vg
KNOWN
HIM FOR
A VERY
LONG
TIME,
SO...
THE
AMERICAN
SENATOR IAN
NAKAZATO IS
COMINGTO
JAPAN.
240
I've KNOWN
HIMSINCE I
W ASTHE
BUREAU
CHIEF OF
OUR
COMPANY'S
U.S.
OFFICE...
SO THAT'S
SENATOR
NAKAZATO
IAN, IT'S
GREAT
TO SEE
YOU.
5HARA,
YOU
UOOK
RSAUUY
DIGNIFIED
NOW.
IAN, YOU
HAVEN'T
BEEN BACK
TO JAPAN
FOR A UONG
TIME NOW,
SO PUEA9E
ENJOY YOUR
STAY.
AH,
MINEYAMA-
SAN, IT'S
BEEN A
WHIUE.
WSUCOMg
TO
JAPAN,
NAKA-
ZATO-
SAN.
HE SHOUHP
BE COMING
OUT SOON...
WEH., YES,
IT'S GREAT TO
BE ABUE TO
SEE A FRIENP
FROM BACK IN
MY STUDENT
PAYS.
5HARA-
SAN, YOU
I.OOK VERY
HAPPY.
OHARA,
ISN'T ITP
SENATOR
NAKAZATO
IS A FRIEND
OF MINE
FROM
SCHOOU
ARE YOU
HERE TO
WELCOME
IAN
NAKAZATO
TOO?
THAT'S
MINEYAMA,
PUBLISHER
OF THE
rsrro
TIMSS.
242
HE HAS MEETINGS
WITH THE PRIME
MINISTER AND
OTHER OFFIC1AUS,
AND THEN HE HAS
TO ATTEND
SEVERAL PARTIES
IN ONE NIGHT...
SENATOR
NAKAZATO
MUST BE
,SO BUSY.
I NEWS COMPANY
THERE'S NO
TRACE OF
THAT u i v Eu y ,
ENERGETIC
MAN WE SAW
THE OTHER
PAY...
WHAT'S THE
MATTER WITH
HIMP HB
POESN'T
SBEM WEUU.
AAAH/
IT'S SO
HOT...
MAYBE THE
HEAT'S
GETTING
TO HIM?
245
OHARA-SAN,
I'M GOING TO
BE HOSTING A
WEUCOME
BANQUET FOR
SENATOR
NAKAZATO. I
HOPE y OU'UU
THANKS
VERy
MUCH FOR
GOING
TO THE
TROUBUE.
OH/ SO
you'RE
HOSTING
P
SENATOR/
WHAT PO YOU
THINK ABOUT
Tri g CURRENT
FRICTION
BETWEEN
JAPAN ANP
THE UNITEP
ANTI-
OAPANESE
SENTIMENT IN
THE UNITED
STATES SEEMS
TOBg
ROWING
STRONGER-
WHAT DO YOU
THINK ABOUT
THAT?
JAPAN'S
INVESTMENTS
IN THE U.S.
MARKETS
SEEM TO BE
BECOMING A
POUITICAU
PROBUEM IN
THE STATES/
...BUT IT'S
IMPORTANT FOR US
TO UNPERSTANP
THAT BOTH
COUNTRIES MUST
WORK TOGETHER
TO STRENGTHEN
OUR BONPS.
HE HAS A
POW6RFUU
PRESENCE.
A H , yes,
THERE ARE
AUOTOF
PROBUEMS
YEAH, HE
SEEMS TO
HAVE A UOT
OF SPIRIT.
FIRST
THE
FRICTION
BETWEEN
JAPAN
ANP
244
WAS TOUP
THAT YOU
UKEP RAW
SgAFOOP, SO
HAP THE
BEST
PREPAREP
FOR YOU.
WHAT
A
uuxuRy
wow/
THEY'RE
OIN TO
CUT THE
TUNA RIGHT
HERE/
PI.EASE
ENJOY
IT.
THOUHT
you MISHT
ENJOY SOME
TUNA SUSHI.
SINCE
'P HEARP
THAT
y o u L IK E
SUSHI-
IT'S NOT
EASY TO
SET HOUP
Of FISH
LIKB THIS...
poyou
WANT
AffAMI,
CHDTOKO
OR
aroaop
CHU-
TORO
PUEASE
IT UOOKS
WONPER-
FUU..
yAMAOKA,
yOUVE SOT
TOBT
SOMETHIN
BETTER.
IT'S A
BUUBFIN
TUNA
CAUHT
IN THE
SEAS OFF
KISHU
IT'S WAGYU
THAT'S BEEN
CAREFULLY
HANP-REAREP
FOR THREE
YEARS.
WANT THE
SENATOR
TO ENJOY
THE BEST
BEEF IN
JAPAN.
THAT'S A
WHOLE
COW/
CUTTING
THE SUSHI
PIRECTLY
FROM A
WHOLE
TUNA-THAT'S
SOMETHING
ELSE/
PLEASE FEEL
FREE TO ORPER
YOUR SUSHI,
EVERYONE/
NOW
JUST
HANSON
A SEC...
OKAY,
WE'RE
GETTING
A WHOUE
WHAUE/
THIS...
THIS IS
TERRIBI.B
M1NEYAMA
HAS SO MANY
EXTRAVAGANT
PISHES/
MAYBE
HE'S TIREP
OUT FROM
HIS
EXTREME
SCHEPULE
OH... HE
POESN'T
SEEM AS
CHEERFUL
AS HE WAS
BACK AT THE
AIRPORT...
YAMAOKA/
YOU MUST
PEVISE
SOME-
THING TO
SURPASS
THIS/
OHARA-
SAN, TAKE
A UCOK AT
SENATOR
NAKA-
ZATO.
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I NEVER
WOUUP'VE
THOUGHT A
HOT PRINK
COUUP
TASTE SO
GOOP
WALKING
HERE UNPER
THE SUN
WAS SO
THIRSTY ANP
CRAVING A
COUP PRINK.
AAH...
THIS IS
PELI-
CIOUS/
HERB'S
THE
SPRING
WATER
FROM
THE
BACK.
HMM, THE TEA
LEAVES ARE SO
PARK SREEN THAT
THSy ALMOST
LOOK BUACK. ANP
THEy'RE VERY
SLENPER.
IT HAS A VERY
NATURAL., SOFT
FLAVOR SINCE
IT WAS SROWN
ORGANICALLY
WITHOUT THE
USE OF ANY
PESTI CI DES OR
HERBI CI DES.
IT'S SO
COOL ANP
COMFORT-
ABLE IN
HgRB.
THESE OLP
THATCHSP-
ROOF HOUSES
HAVE HIGH
CEILINGS,
SO THEY
STAY COOL
INSIPE.
HOT
ENOUGH
TO BURN
MY
TONGUE
C <; WHOA, AH,
,"~\-
f - \.
THAT'S
A NICE
SCENT.
254
NOW THOSE
SAME PEOPLE
HAVg BECOME
WEALTHY, ANP
I'Vg BEEN
GIVEN THg
MOST LAVISH
WELCOME. ,
I'P MgT ALL
MY FR1ENPS
WHEN JAPAN
WAS STILL
ECONOMICALLY
POOR.
PAY AFTER
PAY, I'Vg
BgEN GOING
TO RICH,
EXTRAVA-
GANT
FEASTS.
YOU'Rg
NOT USING
SOILING
WATERP
THg PgSIRg
TO SEE OLP
FRIENPS WAS
ONE OF THE
MAIN
REASONS
WHY I MAPE
' TRIP.
ANP
LACKING
THAT, IT
CAN'T TRULY
PLEASE
ANYBOPY, NO
MATTER HOW
EXPENSIVE IT
MAY BE
BUT THE
FOOP WAS
ONLY RICH
IN COST.
ALL OF IT
LACKEP THE
MOST
ESSENTIAL
INGREPIENT.
NOBOPY IN THE
WORLP IS
GOING TO
LIKE THEM IF
THEY KEEP
CONSUMING
WITHOUT
PAYING MORE
ATTENTION TO
THE ESSENTIAL
INGREPIENT..
BUT THAT'S NOT
WHAT TRUE
WEALTH IS,
BECAUSE THEY
PON'T HAVE THE
5T IMPORTANT
THING.
I
257
THEY
OWN A
LOT OF
THINGS.
THE
~'^m.it JAPANESE
*s /^3*1 NAV*
M <>~J BECOME
' -, r ) ECONOMI-
\ArX' rx CAU-y
7 ^^WEAUTHy.
BUT IT
TAKES
QUITE A
WHILE FOR
TEA TO
STEEP...
THAT'S
OKAY. I
CAN
WAIT.
ICEP"
GYO-
KURO,
HUH?
THE BEST WAY
TO SAVOR THE
PELICATE
FLAVOR OF
GYOKURO IS
TO AVOIP
USING HOT
WATER.
THE REAL JAPAN
IS A VERY
POWN-TO-EARTH
, COUNTRY, WITH A
RICH CULTURAL
HERITAGE...
HE LIVEP
IN THE
COUNTRY- ,
SIPE LIKE '
THIS.
WHEN I WAS A
CHILP, I WAS
SENT TO STAY
AT MY GRANP-
FATHER'S HOUSE
'FOR A WHILE TO
LEARN ABOUT
JAPANESE
CULTURE.
ITSURg
ooss
BRING
BACK
MEMORIES
256
THIS
yOKURO IS
THE LAST
THIN I'VE
PREPARE!?
FOR YOU
TOPAy.
THIS HOUSE...
THE MHO BREEZE
PROM THE RICE
PAPPIES...
THE SOUNP OF
THE CICAPAS...
THE PRASON-
FLIES...
WHAT
LUXURY
OHARA, I'M
OIN TO
STANSRy
IF yo u IVE
ME ANyTHIN
ELSE.
THIS IS THAT
ESSENTIAL
INSREPIENT
ALL THOSE
EXPENSIVE
FEASTS WERE
LACKIN.
I'VE JUST
HAP A
TASTE
OF REAL
JAPAN. THE
SPIRIT OF
JAPAN.
SO
WHAT
MORE
COULP
I ASK
FORp
AS LON
AS THE
JAPANESE PO
NOT LOSE
THIS SPIRIT/
THSy'LL BE
FINE.
A SWEET,
0BNTLE,
SLISHTLY
BITTER FLAVOR
WITH A SOFT
AFTERTASTE...
MMM
IT'S AS IP A
BREEZE FROM
A MOUNTAIN
STREAM HAS
JUST BLOWN
THROU0H My
sopy...
A KINP OF
OLPISH-
REEN, WITH
AN EMERALP
TINT TO IT...
NOW I ET IT.'
yo u MAPE ME
WALK UNDER THE
SCORCHING SUN
SO THAT I'P
UNPERSTANP
kTH6 FLAVOR OF
THIS TEA-
IT'S ALL
BECAUSE
I PRANK
THAT HOT
HOJICHA
FIRST...
I PROBABLy ^
WOULPN'T HAVE
UNPERSTOOP THIS
FLAVOR IF yo u HAP
JUST IVEN IT TO
ME THE MOMENT I
ARRIVEP HERS
AFTER WALKIN
UNPER THE SUN.
258
Notes on the Text
F i r s t C o u r s e
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s^
a a ^
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THANK S TO K
YOUP2 APVIC6, / V
K URITA. 7 V,'
IAN WOUUC? HAVE
IVEN UP ON MB
IP I'D BB6N
STUBBORN ANP
TRI6P TO THROW
A BIG PINNER
JUST S O I COUUD
K URITA'S
THE ONE
WHO CAME
UP WITH
EVERY-
THING .
BUT YOU CAME
UP WITH THE
BAS IC IDEA OF
ONUY G IVING
OH, BUT THE
G YOK URO
WAS YOUR
IDEA,
YAMAOK A.
IT'S G REAT TO
s s s y o u TWO
GETTING AUONG
so weuu BUT
IT'S NOTHING
YOU SHOUUP
SHOW Off TO
ANOlO MAN
UKE MS.
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