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00:00:00Oh ho ho, looks delicious!
00:00:07This is the absolutely delicious dish, or the exquisite meal.
00:00:14Traveling on a motorcycle in search of such an exquisite meal.
00:00:19The roadside where the food and history of the land come together is the treasure trove of exquisite meals.
00:00:27The stage of this trip is in the northeastern part of Japan.
00:00:31Route 354.
00:00:35Is it in Japan or not?
00:00:41Welcome to Japan.
00:00:46This roadside where various foreign communities exist is the paradise of exquisite foreign meals.
00:00:54Thank you for the meal.
00:00:57A meal that has never been seen before.
00:01:05The first taste.
00:01:09There is meat in the soup.
00:01:14Various people from various countries.
00:01:22Delicious.
00:01:25If you eat at a foreign restaurant next to the roadside, you can see the unknown appearance of Japan.
00:01:33I know the hardships of those children.
00:01:37I want to get away from Japan and do my best for my mother and father.
00:01:45On that plate were the thoughts and history of foreigners living in Japan.
00:01:53I think food is a bridge between two cultures.
00:01:58Now, in search of the unknown exquisite meal.
00:02:06Let's run on the highway.
00:02:16The stage of the trip is Route 354, which crosses the northeastern part of Japan.
00:02:23It is a 200km long road from Gunma Prefecture, Takasaki City, to Hokota City, Ibaraki Prefecture.
00:02:33Without a pass, this road does not have a good view.
00:02:38It's a normal road, but it has a feature.
00:02:45Various restaurants are lined up along the roadside.
00:02:50Why are there so many foreign restaurants from the Middle East to Asia and South America?
00:02:59I, Tomomitsu Yamaguchi, will tell you the secret.
00:03:05Let's go.
00:03:12This is Isesaki City, Gunma Prefecture.
00:03:22There are more than 16,000 foreigners living in Isesaki City, which is the largest city in Gunma Prefecture.
00:03:32I found a curry shop.
00:03:35But this shop has a different atmosphere.
00:03:44There are Arabic characters on the wall.
00:03:48And there is a Halal sign on the sign.
00:03:50This is a foreign restaurant.
00:03:55Route 354 leads to a delicious meal.
00:04:01The first restaurant is a Pakistani restaurant in South Asia.
00:04:11Excuse me.
00:04:14The restaurant is spacious and beautiful.
00:04:21Welcome. Here is your menu.
00:04:24The waitress is wearing a hijab.
00:04:28What kind of Pakistani food is it?
00:04:32It says Halal here.
00:04:36There are Indian and Pakistani chefs.
00:04:39This is a Halal food restaurant where you can eat Islamic food.
00:04:44Halal means to be forgiven in Arabic.
00:04:48The food that can be eaten according to Islamic teachings is called Halal food.
00:04:54On the contrary, pork is a representative dish that cannot be eaten.
00:04:58So there is no pork curry on the menu.
00:05:02Mutton and chicken are Halal food.
00:05:05However, Islamic food must be processed.
00:05:11There are few restaurants where you can eat such Halal food.
00:05:16What do you recommend?
00:05:19There are many kinds of Halal food.
00:05:21Pakistanis like mutton.
00:05:26For example, Kabri Pulao.
00:05:29What kind of food is it?
00:05:31There is mutton on the rice.
00:05:33The rice is spicy.
00:05:35Raisins and carrots are sweet.
00:05:38You can mix sweet and spicy food.
00:05:43This is the first time I've heard of Kabri Pulao.
00:05:49The rice used in Kabri Pulao is a kind of Indian rice grown in Pakistan.
00:05:55It's called Basmati rice.
00:05:58Unlike Japanese rice, it doesn't contain much water and sugar.
00:06:02So it's not sticky and has a light texture.
00:06:08Put the steamed mutton on top of it.
00:06:16Put the rice on top of it.
00:06:19Add sweet carrots and raisins.
00:06:24It's done.
00:06:26Thank you for waiting.
00:06:30This is Kabri Pulao.
00:06:32It's big.
00:06:33Is this for one person?
00:06:35Yes, it's for one person.
00:06:39Kabri Pulao is a delicious meal cooked in Pakistan.
00:06:45Basmati rice is seasoned with spices.
00:06:48The texture of the rice is good.
00:06:51It warms your mouth.
00:06:55If you think it's spicy, add sweet carrots and raisins to warm your mouth.
00:07:02The main dish of Kabri Pulao is the bone-in mutton.
00:07:09The well-cooked mutton is soft enough to crumble.
00:07:15The owner, Mr. Nafisa, is from Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture.
00:07:2320 years ago, he married a Pakistani woman and converted to Islam.
00:07:33This is his husband, Mr. Rizwan Ul Haq.
00:07:3625 years ago, he worked at a steel mill and a food factory.
00:07:45Currently, he runs a used car store and is the owner of this restaurant.
00:07:53I'm happy now.
00:07:56I'm glad I sold it.
00:07:59By the way, net auctions are popular now.
00:08:06Pakistan has the same right-hand drive as Japan.
00:08:09The story of Pakistanis who made money by exporting used cars continues.
00:08:16Most of the exporters are Pakistani.
00:08:21Mr. Rizwan joined the company 20 years ago.
00:08:26When I started, I exported to Russia.
00:08:32That's when the business started.
00:08:36That's how it all started.
00:08:39However, in 2009, Russia, the largest exporter of used cars,
00:08:43restricted importation to a large extent for the protection of domestic automobile industry.
00:08:49Mr. Rizwan is looking for a new business.
00:08:54At that time, the only worry of Islam was food.
00:09:00I couldn't afford to buy food.
00:09:03I used to go to the mosque in front of my house.
00:09:06Sometimes, people would gather and talk about food.
00:09:11I thought that would make people happy.
00:09:17It's true that domestic food makes you miss living abroad.
00:09:25That's why he opened a Pakistani restaurant.
00:09:28However, to make it a successful business,
00:09:31he had to get Japanese customers to come.
00:09:37Japanese customers can't come unless the restaurant is clean.
00:09:42If the food is spicy, Japanese people can't eat it.
00:09:47If the food is sweet, foreigners can't eat it.
00:09:51If the food is spicy, Japanese people can't eat it.
00:09:53So, we mix Japanese and foreigners' food together
00:09:57to make a light spicy food with less fat.
00:10:04After learning about each other's food culture,
00:10:06he came to a menu that can be accepted by both Japanese and Pakistanis.
00:10:14This is a curry called Maton Kashmir.
00:10:17It's delicious because it doesn't have a strong taste of Maton.
00:10:22He learned how to cook Halal food from his rival restaurant.
00:10:30I don't have a problem with this.
00:10:33I'm happy with this.
00:10:34If everyone does their best,
00:10:36I think the competition will be better.
00:10:40You have a big vessel.
00:10:44Don't say that.
00:10:47I'm sorry.
00:10:56One of the regular customers is Mr. Kamaru, a teacher of Islam.
00:11:02Here you are, sir.
00:11:04I wonder what Pakistanis order.
00:11:07Dareem.
00:11:10What? Dareem?
00:11:14Dareem is a thick stew of meat and beans.
00:11:19It takes about 10 hours to cook until the raw ingredients are gone.
00:11:23It's a dish that means patience.
00:11:28Dareem.
00:11:31It's topped with ginger, green onion and fried onion.
00:11:36I want to eat it like curry,
00:11:38but I can't put it on rice in Pakistan.
00:11:43Instead, I eat it with roti, a bread made of whole wheat flour.
00:11:55It's high in calories and good for the stomach,
00:11:58so it's a standard breakfast menu in Pakistan.
00:12:05However, 30 years ago when Mr. Kamaru came to Japan,
00:12:08he had a hard time eating.
00:12:12We didn't have much in the past,
00:12:15so we only ate beef and bread.
00:12:18We didn't have much in the past,
00:12:21so we all ate that much about 30 years ago.
00:12:29This is where Mr. Kamaru works.
00:12:32This is the Islamic mosque.
00:12:37It used to be a prayer house,
00:12:40but it was rebuilt in 2005 by a donation from a believer.
00:12:44It is a place of prayer for about 1,400 Pakistanis living in Gunma Prefecture.
00:12:57The believers come to the mosque five times a day,
00:13:00not only from the city, but also from the surrounding towns.
00:13:07At the end of the prayer, everyone eats together.
00:13:11Today's meal is a daal chicken curry with beans and chicken.
00:13:20Muslims have a limit on what they can eat for religious reasons,
00:13:25but the food made in the mosque is safe.
00:13:30It's delicious.
00:13:33Are there not many halal food shops?
00:13:37Yes, there are.
00:13:39It used to be difficult, but now it's okay.
00:13:49There are about 800 halal food shops in Japan.
00:13:54Through food, you may gain an understanding of Islam.
00:14:02Now, let's look for the next delicious meal.
00:14:05This national highway is full of trucks.
00:14:08It is a big artery of logistics that supports the Japanese economy.
00:14:15Various factories stand out along the national highway.
00:14:20The highway is close to the capital, and the underground is cheap,
00:14:24so factories are built one after another to support the Japanese economy.
00:14:32However, as the highway grows, the lack of workers becomes serious.
00:14:37So, Japanese-Americans living in South America were the ones that each company paid attention to.
00:14:44I heard that there was a shop run by a Japanese-American, so I came here.
00:14:55Peruvian food.
00:14:59This is a delicious meal that follows the national highway No. 354.
00:15:05This is a Peruvian restaurant located on the other side of Japan, on the South American continent.
00:15:14Excuse me.
00:15:17This is one of the eight Peruvian restaurants that have been in operation for 27 years.
00:15:25Well, what kind of Peruvian food is it?
00:15:30I've heard about ceviche, a seafood marinade, but I don't know anything else.
00:15:38Welcome.
00:15:40Welcome.
00:15:42What do you recommend?
00:15:45This is Lomo Saltado, a Peruvian soul food.
00:15:50What kind of food is it?
00:15:52It's a stir-fried vegetable.
00:15:55It's easy for Japanese people to eat, and it has soy sauce in it.
00:15:59Soy sauce? You arranged it for Japanese people, didn't you?
00:16:03No, there's soy sauce in Peru, too.
00:16:07A long time ago, Japanese people brought soy sauce and made this stir-fry.
00:16:15Soy sauce has been a popular ingredient in Peru for a long time.
00:16:22Lomo means loin in Spanish.
00:16:24Saltado means stir-fry.
00:16:27Lomo Saltado
00:16:33But in this restaurant, they use a lamp instead of a stove to make it less oily and more refreshing.
00:16:43If you use white wine to make a flambé, it will taste like you used a spice.
00:16:52The characteristic of Lomo Saltado is that it stir-fries fried potatoes.
00:16:56Peru is a country of potatoes.
00:17:00And soy sauce is the key ingredient.
00:17:04The taste of soy sauce brought by Japanese people who immigrated to Peru has become popular among Japanese and Peruvians.
00:17:13Thank you for waiting. This is Lomo Saltado.
00:17:16Please enjoy it.
00:17:19Lomo Saltado, the soul food of Peru.
00:17:24They eat meat and vegetables dyed in soy sauce with rice.
00:17:33Japanese and Peruvian favorites.
00:17:39Lomo Saltado and ceviche are the most popular dishes.
00:17:46They work at a factory that makes pachinko tables.
00:17:50Today, they have a lunch meeting with a Japanese boss.
00:17:54It's very helpful that they work seriously.
00:18:00They can understand Japanese culture and work seriously.
00:18:05It's good to have a good communication with them.
00:18:09The reason why more and more Japanese people came to live in Japan was the Nukan Law Reform in 1990.
00:18:15The family was able to live in Japan until the third generation of Japanese people.
00:18:22And many Japanese communities were formed in the area.
00:18:30Japanese people were expected to be hard-working and smart because of their roots.
00:18:39But after the second generation of Japanese people, many people couldn't speak Japanese.
00:18:44And the difference in culture was obvious.
00:18:48His father, Andres Pochi, is the second generation of Japanese-Peruvian.
00:18:55He came to Japan with his family in 1995.
00:18:59He works at a car factory.
00:19:01But he was confused by the difference in working methods between Japan and Peru.
00:19:07Working with my family and friends in Peru is more and more like a job.
00:19:19We don't have many family meetings.
00:19:23Andres, who had a hard time speaking Japanese,
00:19:26took advantage of his experience as a cook in Peru and opened a Peruvian restaurant.
00:19:33However, his eldest son, Akinori, who is the third generation of Japanese people,
00:19:37had a complicated feeling about the Peruvian restaurant.
00:19:43Akinori's grandfather is from Okinawa Prefecture.
00:19:46He looks like a Japanese, but his words are Spanish.
00:19:50He was bullied because he was Peruvian.
00:19:55I was told that I had to do something because I was a foreigner.
00:20:01But when I spoke Spanish, it was unusual.
00:20:07I didn't want to speak Spanish.
00:20:13So he stopped speaking Spanish and couldn't even talk to his parents.
00:20:19After graduating from high school, he didn't run a restaurant.
00:20:22He went to work as a Japanese cook.
00:20:25However, when his father, Andres, who used to run the restaurant by himself,
00:20:29passed away from a heart attack, he changed his mind.
00:20:33I was so happy to see the customers eating my father and mother's food.
00:20:40They looked so happy when they came back.
00:20:42I felt like I shouldn't let them down.
00:20:45I felt like I had to tell someone.
00:20:48He's been running the restaurant for 12 years.
00:20:55There is a popular menu that is unique to Peruvian food made by Japanese.
00:21:01Our signboard menu is chicken maruyaki.
00:21:05It's hard to eat maruyaki.
00:21:09The secret to its popularity is the sauce.
00:21:13What's in it?
00:21:16Salt, pepper, seasoning, garlic, vinegar, beer, and cumin.
00:21:23And miso.
00:21:27The miso makes the maruyaki milder.
00:21:31I think that's our secret sauce.
00:21:36You said it's a secret, but is it okay to say what's in it?
00:21:39I think it's okay.
00:21:42I think it's hard to make the same thing with the same ingredients.
00:21:50The type and amount of miso is a top secret that only his family knows.
00:21:57He cooks the chicken in charcoal for 50 minutes.
00:22:09But this is a lot of work.
00:22:11The weight of the skewer is more than 10 kg.
00:22:17Because he cooks more than 200 skewers a day,
00:22:20he has a lot of pressure on his arms.
00:22:26Andres hurt his elbow and had surgery.
00:22:37It's a little heavy.
00:22:39It's heavy, isn't it?
00:22:42Mr. Akinori used to be thin.
00:22:44He finally learned how to hold a skewer.
00:22:49He's become stronger.
00:22:53If you use gas, which is easy to control the fire,
00:22:55you can get rid of heavy work.
00:22:57But there's a reason why he's so particular about charcoal.
00:23:02In a bad way, people say it smells like charcoal.
00:23:05I like that.
00:23:08The smell of charcoal is typical of Peru.
00:23:12I think it's good that people think it's a bad way.
00:23:16I think that's another spice.
00:23:22They serve it while it's still hot.
00:23:28Peruvian-style roast chicken,
00:23:31Pollo a la brasa.
00:23:34Pollo a la brasa
00:23:36It was born in 1950 by a Swiss man who moved to Peru.
00:23:41Over time, Japanese-Peruvians added miso to it and brought it to Japan.
00:23:51How is the Pollo that Mr. Akinori made?
00:23:55It's good.
00:24:00It's well-cooked.
00:24:02It's well-cooked.
00:24:05It's well-cooked.
00:24:09I think he's better than his father in terms of cooking.
00:24:12I'm not good at cooking.
00:24:15I'm good at cooking.
00:24:17I'm good at cooking.
00:24:21Soy sauce and miso.
00:24:23Japanese-Peruvian parents and children's favorite dish.
00:24:30Thank you for the meal.
00:24:32Thank you for the meal.
00:24:35They go further east on Route 354.
00:24:42They came to Oizumimachi, Gunma Prefecture.
00:24:45It's a commercial town with a factory for automobiles and electrical appliances.
00:24:54Oizumimachi is famous for its Brazilian flag.
00:24:59There are about 4,600 Brazilians living in Oizumimachi.
00:25:05Why are there so many Brazilians?
00:25:10Just like Isesaki City in Oizumimachi,
00:25:14Japanese-Peruvian companies relied on their labor power.
00:25:19Brazil is the largest Japanese-Peruvian society in South America.
00:25:26In 1908, about 260,000 Japanese immigrated to Brazil.
00:25:40There are about 2 million Japanese living in Brazil.
00:25:49On the other hand, the Japanese Immigration Act was passed in 1990.
00:25:54There are more and more Brazilians moving to Japan.
00:26:00That's why Brazil was so poor at that time.
00:26:09Oizumimachi is a little Brazil.
00:26:12Even the streetlights are green and yellow.
00:26:14It's the color of the Brazilian flag.
00:26:19They found a shop with the color of the Brazilian flag.
00:26:25The third street is a Brazilian restaurant in South America.
00:26:35Excuse me.
00:26:37The restaurant was opened in 1990.
00:26:40It's the first Japanese Brazilian restaurant.
00:26:46What kind of Brazilian food is it?
00:26:49Oh, this is it.
00:26:51You can't leave out shurasco.
00:26:55What's this?
00:26:56There's also a stew.
00:26:59Sorry to keep you waiting.
00:27:00What would you like?
00:27:03Which one is the most popular dish?
00:27:08I think feijoada is the most popular.
00:27:11This is a dish where eight kinds of meat are stewed together with black beans and served with rice.
00:27:23Euza Iwata's mother runs the restaurant with Mr. Daniel.
00:27:31My daughter came to Japan in 1980.
00:27:41Really?
00:27:42She's been making feijoada for about 30 years.
00:27:47It looks like feijoada with soup.
00:27:54What's inside?
00:27:57This is the ear.
00:27:58This is the leg.
00:28:01This is the spleen.
00:28:03This is a Brazilian sausage.
00:28:06This is what's inside the pot.
00:28:08There are eight kinds of meat, including pork ears, spleen, marinated meat, and sausage.
00:28:17And black beans.
00:28:19Feijoada means beans in Portuguese.
00:28:26Sorry to keep you waiting.
00:28:27This is feijoada.
00:28:29Thank you for waiting.
00:28:34Feijoada is a popular Brazilian stew dish.
00:28:42It's a stew with black beans and meat.
00:28:45It's served with rice.
00:28:52The meat is so tender that you don't need a knife.
00:28:56This dish is said to have been brought from Africa by slaves.
00:29:01It's said that they cooked the leftovers of the meat with the beans and ate it.
00:29:09It was a must-have dish for Japanese police officers who worked in Brazilian farms.
00:29:14It was a dish that couldn't be eaten in Japan.
00:29:19This is how Brazilians eat it.
00:29:23If you go far away, you can buy cows or something like that.
00:29:28You take the meat like this, put the beans in it, and just cook it.
00:29:35Salt-marinated meat was a food that Brazilian workers worked on to supplement salt.
00:29:42It is also a popular ingredient in the supermarket in Oizumimachi.
00:29:49Mr. Daniel came to Japan with his parents 34 years ago.
00:29:54It was the heyday of Japanese and Brazilians coming to work.
00:30:02His father Carlos started working at a car factory.
00:30:07However, in 2008, due to the Lehman Shock, foreign workers lost their jobs.
00:30:18140,000 Japanese and Brazilians lost their jobs and returned to Japan.
00:30:26Nevertheless, Mr. Daniel's family decided to live in Japan.
00:30:32I like Japan better.
00:30:36Japan is longer, so I'm worried about getting a job even if I go back to Brazil.
00:30:46Carlos's father took advantage of his experience as a cook in Brazil.
00:30:50He inherited the Brazilian restaurant in Oizumimachi from his predecessor.
00:30:58The taste of Brazil nurtured by parents and children.
00:31:02It is the taste of 35 years with Japanese and Brazilians living in Oizumimachi.
00:31:11It's not exactly the same taste as Brazil.
00:31:15My mother has been living in Japan for a long time.
00:31:18She has been eating Japanese food for a long time.
00:31:22So she has become closer to Japan.
00:31:25It's not just for Japanese people.
00:31:30Brazilians living in Japan have been living in Japan for a long time.
00:31:34So naturally, the taste of the Brazilian food has become better.
00:31:42Brazilians living in Japan are all familiar with each other.
00:31:49It's very fresh and delicious.
00:31:53This man came to Japan when he was 19 years old 35 years ago.
00:31:59The taste of his hometown was the reason why he ate a variety of food.
00:32:06I love Japanese food.
00:32:09I want to eat Brazilian food from time to time.
00:32:16Now he is independent and has 50 employees.
00:32:20He is the owner of a car repair factory.
00:32:26This man came to Japan 32 years ago with his Japanese wife.
00:32:32He used to work at a food factory and a machine factory.
00:32:37I've been making cheese in Japan for 20 years.
00:32:43Now he runs a cheese factory.
00:32:46He makes traditional Brazilian cheese and sells it at supermarkets and department stores.
00:32:54I sell cheese all over Japan.
00:32:56I also sell cheese in the Philippines.
00:33:01Brazilians living in Japan have been living in Oizumi for a long time.
00:33:08Of course, Japanese customers also come to the store.
00:33:16I don't know what's in it.
00:33:20It's like there's meat in the soup.
00:33:26It's a strange taste, isn't it?
00:33:28It's not like that in Japan.
00:33:30Daniel is trying to explain the food in detail.
00:33:34What is this?
00:33:36This is cassava.
00:33:38I put it on rice and eat it.
00:33:43What is cassava?
00:33:45It's the most popular carbonated drink in Brazil.
00:33:48It's an Amazon fruit.
00:33:52I'm glad that people are interested in Brazil.
00:33:56I'm glad that people are interested in Brazil.
00:34:01I'm trying to convey the culture of Brazil to Japanese people through food.
00:34:12A delicious meal in Oizumi, Gunma Prefecture.
00:34:15It was a meal that was cooked for 35 years by Brazilians living in Japan.
00:34:26Route 354 passes through Gunma Prefecture, passes through Saitama Prefecture, and enters Ibaraki Prefecture.
00:34:37What is this place?
00:34:41It's like a hand-drawn mosque.
00:34:46There's an elephant relief here.
00:34:50I'm curious, so I'll take a little detour.
00:34:54Buddha statue.
00:34:56Tiger? Deer?
00:35:05Buddha statue.
00:35:13A monk.
00:35:15Hello.
00:35:22This is the Sri Lankan monk, Sri Sambuddha.
00:35:29This was a bamboo forest.
00:35:32It was gradually cleaned up.
00:35:34Then a Sri Lankan expert came and built this big Buddha.
00:35:42Sri Lanka is a Josa Buddhism.
00:35:44This is the biggest Buddha built in Japan.
00:35:53Sri Lankans came to Japan in 2010.
00:35:59In the New Year, 1,500 Sri Lankans come to worship.
00:36:04Many Sri Lankans live in Ibaraki Prefecture, next to Chiba Prefecture.
00:36:11I don't think there were so many Sri Lankans around 2005.
00:36:17But now there are many Sri Lankan restaurants.
00:36:26The Sri Lankans who moved to Japan had a hard time getting used to the food.
00:36:33There's a restaurant here that supports their stomachs.
00:36:40This is a supermarket with Sri Lankan ingredients.
00:36:46There are a lot of ingredients I've never seen before.
00:36:52This is banana flower.
00:36:55This is curry powder.
00:36:59I brought it from Sri Lanka.
00:37:01I didn't know that.
00:37:06These are spices imported from Sri Lanka.
00:37:09This is the real taste.
00:37:13This is goraka.
00:37:15This is dried and smoked fukugi.
00:37:18It has a unique sourness and a smoky aroma.
00:37:21It's essential for fish dishes and curry.
00:37:29This is moldiv fish.
00:37:31This is dried and hardened tuna.
00:37:34It has a rich curry flavor and umami.
00:37:40The owner of this restaurant is Mr. Chintaka Mengis.
00:37:45He came to Japan in 2000 and was a chef at a Sri Lankan restaurant in Tokyo.
00:37:52But at that time, there were few spices available in Japan.
00:37:56He was frustrated that he couldn't reproduce the real taste.
00:37:59He transferred to the Ministry of Trade in 2002.
00:38:02He started importing and selling Sri Lankan spices.
00:38:06He received a lot of spices from Sri Lankans.
00:38:11I import all the spices from Sri Lanka.
00:38:21Do you come here often?
00:38:23Yes, I always come here.
00:38:27This is a must-visit restaurant for Sri Lankans living in Ibaraki.
00:38:33This restaurant offers Sri Lankan spices in a variety of spices.
00:38:37This restaurant is popular among Japanese people.
00:38:41Zou, a Sri Lankan, came to this restaurant.
00:38:46Next is Sri Lankan restaurant in Shimaguni, India.
00:38:57Excuse me.
00:39:00This restaurant was established in 2004.
00:39:02I'm looking forward to seeing the food that uses a lot of real spices.
00:39:08Welcome.
00:39:11What would you like to eat?
00:39:13I'd like a hot roti.
00:39:16What kind of food is it?
00:39:18Curry and vegetables.
00:39:22This is Mr. Tissa, a chef.
00:39:24He used to be a chef at a high-class hotel in Sri Lanka.
00:39:28He was invited by the owner of the restaurant to serve the real taste of Sri Lanka.
00:39:36The hot roti is a bread made with whole wheat flour.
00:39:40It was served at a Pakistani restaurant in South Asia.
00:39:47Cut the roti into thin slices.
00:39:51Stir-fry it with garlic and eggs.
00:39:55This is the secret of Sri Lanka, the country of spices.
00:40:00He mixes various spices.
00:40:03But this is not all.
00:40:06Maton curry.
00:40:08Chicken curry.
00:40:11He also mixes pork curry.
00:40:13He mixes the spices in the curry.
00:40:16Let's eat.
00:40:23Thank you for it.
00:40:30This is a high-class meal.
00:40:32This is a hot roti with a lot of Sri Lankan spices.
00:40:38Originally, it was a street food made by mixing leftover roti and curry.
00:40:44This dish is also popular with people in Sri Lanka who like spicy food.
00:40:50I feel like I'm in Sri Lanka.
00:40:55I like Suma.
00:40:58I'm not Japanese.
00:41:01I'm Thai.
00:41:03I like a lot of spices.
00:41:06But sometimes I want to eat it.
00:41:12I come here every Sunday.
00:41:15It's so delicious.
00:41:17I think it's because of the skill of the chef.
00:41:23Thank you for it.
00:41:26Thank you for it.
00:41:33As more and more ingredients that we've never seen come in,
00:41:36Sri Lanka may become a familiar country for Japanese people.
00:41:43Let's go to the next high-class meal.
00:41:50I heard that a popular restaurant has opened in Indonesia.
00:41:57It seems that the flower of the opening ceremony is here.
00:42:02This is a high-class meal street.
00:42:04This is an Indonesian restaurant in Southeast Asia.
00:42:13Excuse me.
00:42:15It opened in February, 2025.
00:42:18It's freshly cooked.
00:42:22The menu has an illustration of the dish and an explanation, so it's easy to understand.
00:42:29Welcome.
00:42:31How can I help you?
00:42:33It's my first time to eat Indonesian food.
00:42:36What's your best recommendation?
00:42:39The first one is Nasi Padang.
00:42:42It has a variety of ingredients.
00:42:45It's my best recommendation.
00:42:51There are three people running the restaurant.
00:42:54The eldest son, Sen Nariyo, is in charge of the hall.
00:43:00The mother, Sen Yumi, is in charge of cooking.
00:43:05The father, Dabona, is in charge of the preparation.
00:43:09Dabona is from Padang, in the western part of Indonesia.
00:43:13Nasi Padang is a local dish of that area.
00:43:18There are a variety of ingredients around the rice.
00:43:21The most important one is the stewed beef called Lundan.
00:43:26The vegetables and spices are stewed together with the beef.
00:43:34They are all blended in a blender.
00:43:39This is the necessary stewing sauce for stewing beef.
00:43:45The beef is cut into 4 to 5 cm cubes.
00:43:50Then, the sauce is added to make the taste milder.
00:43:54Coconut milk is added to make the taste milder.
00:44:00In Indonesia, coconut is taken from the tree.
00:44:06But we don't have it in Japan.
00:44:10The taste is totally different from the real coconut.
00:44:16Indonesia is a multinational country,
00:44:18so the food culture differs depending on the nation and region.
00:44:21Yumi's hometown, Java Island, is famous for its sweet seasoning.
00:44:26Padang, in the western part of Indonesia, is famous for its chili pepper.
00:44:31Lundan was born in Padang.
00:44:36It's a little different from my island.
00:44:40I'm not from Padang,
00:44:43but when I went to Padang, I studied with a good teacher.
00:44:50I wanted to show the real taste of Padang to the customers.
00:44:59Many of the customers are Indonesian students.
00:45:05In 1993, the foreign students started to learn how to make Japanese food.
00:45:14There are about 400,000 students in Japan now.
00:45:18They are essential for agriculture, industry, and care.
00:45:26Lundan is very popular among the students.
00:45:29In Indonesia, it is the mother's recipe.
00:45:35It is a special dish that is necessary for celebrations such as Ramadan.
00:45:42Thank you for waiting.
00:45:44This is Nasi Padang.
00:45:49Nasi Padang is a traditional Indonesian dish.
00:45:57The colorful ingredients surround the rice.
00:46:03Boiled eggs seasoned with tomatoes.
00:46:06Spicy pickles called achar.
00:46:09Boiled cassava leaves.
00:46:12Jackfruit with a soft texture like a bamboo shoot.
00:46:18And the main dish, Lundan.
00:46:24The well-boiled beef is soft without a knife.
00:46:29It is a deep taste with the umami of vegetables and spices.
00:46:37The shop is very popular because it is made by Indonesian students.
00:46:44It was delicious.
00:46:47It has a strong taste of Indonesian food.
00:46:52This woman came here three years ago.
00:46:56What is your job?
00:46:59I am a nurse.
00:47:02I work in a hospital.
00:47:05It is a dangerous job.
00:47:08Are you used to living in Japan?
00:47:10It is difficult.
00:47:13I live alone.
00:47:16I do everything by myself.
00:47:20I used to live with my family.
00:47:24I think it is lonely to live alone.
00:47:30She lives in a foreign country far away from her hometown.
00:47:34She lives in a foreign country far away from her hometown.
00:47:38She can't go back to her country because of the cost of living.
00:47:43Many Indonesian students work in Japan.
00:47:47They live with their parents.
00:47:52They are grateful to be able to eat the food of their hometown.
00:47:58It may be special.
00:48:04Yumi has a talent for cooking.
00:48:07She serves the food of her hometown.
00:48:11It depends on the type of meat.
00:48:15When I was a child, I ate a lot of potatoes.
00:48:19I felt sorry for my parents.
00:48:23My father and my son said to me,
00:48:27I think you eat too much.
00:48:30I want to feed my parents.
00:48:34Yumi forgets to earn money and serves the food of her hometown.
00:48:38It is because she remembers the hardship she experienced.
00:48:44Yumi was poor.
00:48:47She believed that she could become rich if she went to Japan.
00:48:50She came to Japan 25 years ago.
00:48:53She works at a ramen shop in her hometown.
00:48:56She had a hard time because she didn't know how to speak Japanese.
00:48:59I made a mistake.
00:49:02I had to cook quickly.
00:49:05My nose hurt.
00:49:08It was very cold.
00:49:11I wanted to go home as soon as possible.
00:49:17She continued to serve the food of her hometown.
00:49:21She raised Nario, who was 2 years old at that time.
00:49:24The hardship at that time was the same as the hardship of the Indonesian students.
00:49:29It was an increase in service.
00:49:33I had a lot of hardships when I came to Japan.
00:49:38I understand their hardships.
00:49:42I want to do my best for my mother and father.
00:49:47Even if I have a lot of hardships, I will do my best.
00:49:51I raised Nario.
00:49:54I also sent money to my mother.
00:49:57I think the students feel the same way.
00:50:01If I cook delicious food, I think they will be happy.
00:50:08I think Yumi's feelings are conveyed to the students.
00:50:12Japanese people also come to eat.
00:50:18It's delicious.
00:50:21I remember this place.
00:50:24It's been 25 years since I came to Japan.
00:50:27This is an Indonesian restaurant that opened after a hard time.
00:50:30The smile of the students' mother is heartwarming.
00:50:35I'm looking forward to it.
00:50:37Tsukuba has welcomed me to the east.
00:50:45Route 354 enters Tsukuba City.
00:50:52It is a place where science and technology are advanced.
00:50:56It is a place where high-level education is taught.
00:51:00It is a place where high-level education is taught.
00:51:04Tsukuba Research Academy City was built for the advancement of science and technology and the fulfillment of high-level education.
00:51:14It is a city where a number of foreign researchers and students live.
00:51:26On the way, I found a yellow building.
00:51:34The flag of Japan is waving.
00:51:37The flag of Japan is waving.
00:51:40I'm curious about this.
00:51:46Route 354.
00:51:49This is an Egyptian restaurant.
00:51:52It is a one-way road to the African continent.
00:51:59Excuse me.
00:52:01The restaurant opened in September 2024.
00:52:04The restaurant has been open for half a year, but the building is a little old.
00:52:11What kind of Egyptian food is it?
00:52:15Tameiya, Sambusa, Kobeba, Shish Tauku?
00:52:21I can't imagine it at all.
00:52:25Excuse me.
00:52:27Excuse me.
00:52:30He is a low-ranking foreigner.
00:52:38This is your first time eating Egyptian food. What do you recommend?
00:52:42Kushari.
00:52:45Kushari, rice, pasta, mame, sauce.
00:52:50Mix all.
00:52:53Mix, then eat.
00:52:55I can't speak Arabic.
00:52:58An Egyptian student is eating something at the table next to him.
00:53:03It's a dish with a lot of ingredients.
00:53:10Is that...
00:53:13Kushari, Kushari.
00:53:16This is one of the dishes that represents Egyptian food.
00:53:22This is Egyptian food.
00:53:29Kushari, a national dish of Egypt.
00:53:36Rice, spaghetti, macaroni, and beans.
00:53:40It's full of carbohydrates, so it's good for the stomach.
00:53:43How to eat it.
00:53:48Mix tomato sauce and fried onion and eat.
00:53:55It's a Kushari made by my mother, so it's nostalgic.
00:54:01You can ride a bicycle from the university campus 13 km away to eat it.
00:54:08How are you, guys?
00:54:11Is the tea good?
00:54:14It's good.
00:54:18Actually, Karil, the owner, was also a foreign student at Tsukuba University.
00:54:25He came to Japan in 2010 with his brother.
00:54:29He came to Japan with his brother.
00:54:32He wanted to introduce Arabic culture to Japan, so after graduating, he became a teacher of Arabic.
00:54:40In addition, he had a job to authenticate Halal food.
00:54:44He opened a restaurant based on his knowledge and experience, and was recommended by people around him.
00:54:50He opened an Egyptian restaurant.
00:54:53On weekends, his eldest son, Mr. Imado Ildon, also helps.
00:54:59There are more than 12,000 foreign researchers and foreign students living in Tsukuba.
00:55:08The restaurant is also a meeting place for such people.
00:55:14This is Indonesia and Malaysia.
00:55:18In this restaurant, it is a natural scene for Japanese and foreigners to surround the table.
00:55:24This is Amora.
00:55:26Wow, amazing.
00:55:28Do you put this on?
00:55:30Yes.
00:55:32Which one do you want?
00:55:34Lemon?
00:55:36Yes.
00:55:42Here, the students of Tsukuba University were tasting Egyptian food for the first time.
00:55:48I am a friend of an Egyptian foreign student.
00:55:53While we were talking, I searched a lot of restaurants and found this Egyptian restaurant.
00:55:58There are a lot of foreign students in Tsukuba.
00:56:03Mr. Kariru seems to be happy to see his juniors.
00:56:08I graduated in 2017.
00:56:112017?
00:56:13I majored in Japanese social studies.
00:56:16Wow, he is a senior.
00:56:18He is a senior.
00:56:20I am happy.
00:56:23When I think that Egyptian food is delicious, I feel close to them.
00:56:32I think food is a bridge between two cultures, Egyptian culture and Japanese culture.
00:56:39Food is a bridge.
00:56:42I give you food, you put it in your stomach.
00:56:45So, it is a big responsibility, really.
00:56:50You feel close to the people.
00:56:58There are many reasons to come to this restaurant.
00:57:02There are a lot of foreigners in Tsukuba.
00:57:07I feel close to them.
00:57:10I don't know many people, so I try to keep distance from them.
00:57:17It is important to know people.
00:57:20It is different when you talk about things you don't know.
00:57:25I want to make friends, so I will be more active.
00:57:32By knowing foreign cultures through food, they will have a deeper understanding of foreigners.
00:57:40They eat exotic food on a motorcycle.
00:57:45Pakistanis are having a hard time with food, but Haral seems to be getting used to it.
00:57:53Japanese people from Peru and Brazil are very reliable.
00:57:58I want to know more about Sri Lankan food.
00:58:04I support Indonesian students.
00:58:09I feel like I have seen the way of coexistence in Egyptian restaurants.
00:58:18Route 354 ends at this intersection.
00:58:24When I stretch my legs, I can see the Pacific Ocean.
00:58:38There is still a lot of exotic food in Japan.
00:58:43Where should I go next?
00:58:53To be continued.
00:59:23Next week, we will broadcast the first season of 2018.
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00:59:31Bullet Airport Tour.
00:59:35A program where you can enjoy everything without leaving the airport.
00:59:41NHK BS at 10 p.m.
00:59:46Sweets Choujo Kessen.
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