INDEX

Aguranabe 106 Cattle Museum 259 Ajinomoto 146–148 Chamberlain, Basil Hall 128 Akagi Munenori 199 115–116, 133, 251 Akiyama Tokuzō 166, 182 Chang’an 24, 30 Alcock, Rutherford 91 charumela 166 alkaline 27, 31–32, 145, 156, 213 Chen Pingjun 115, 251 America 20, 89, 111, 171–172, 194, 202, 210, 3, 50 220–221, 230, 241, 249, 251, 254, 262 chindon 147 American B-29 182 chocolate 18, 154 American Wheat Utilization Mission 209 chopsticks 1–2, 15, 18, 56, 97, 114, 123, 232, Anderson, Benedict 257 234, 248, 259, 270 Andō Momofuku 3, 205–206, 208, 212–213, Christian 25, 48, 52, 55, 86 221, 223, 238 Chūka 116, 256 apple 191–192 Chūō kōron 138 Aoki Setsuzō 165 coffee 98, 232 85 concubine 53 Arakawa Gorō 150 Confucianism 16, 77 Asahi Newspaper (Asahi shimbun) 147, 162, courtesan 53, 60–61 203 Coxinga 76 Asakusa 66, 157, 161, 163, 215 cup 227 curry rice 10–11, 144, 187 baise laji (“white trash problem”) 261 Cwiertka, Katarzyna 96, 103, 189 bakufu 63, 72, 76, 94–95 banana 164, 195 50 Ban Kinsei 158 daimyo 48–49 Batavia 48 Dalian 201 Batten, Bruce 24 danchi 214 beef 22, 95, 99, 105–107, 148, 169, 187, 216, 146–147 259–260 (see also Aguranabe) Deshima 52, 92 beefeaters 105 Diamond, Jared 13 beriberi 80, 109, 111–113, 129 Dōkōan 66 bing 17–20, 31, 35, 45 2, 7, 221, 234 Bird, Isabella 128 Dunkin’ Donuts 222 Black, John 94 Dunlop, Fuchsia 11, 125 Bose, Rash Behari 143 Dutch 48, 52, 54, 60, 62, 69, 76, 90, 92, botuo 27, 31 177–178, 200 bread 10, 15, 18, 69, 109–111, 129, 152, 169, 176, 186–189, 191, 199, 203, 208–210, Eichū 30 212–213 ekiben 126 Britain 9, 11, 104, 131–133, 143, 171, 175, Emperor Tenmu 23, 103 194–195, 262 Engishiki 35–36 bunmei kaika 96, 113 Enni 37–38 butter 29–30, 48, 62, 123, 129, 152, Ennin 31 186, 211 Enryōkan 119, 122 erotic 160 154 “Essential Skills for the Common caramel 154 People” 17, 20, 27, 35 (see also Qinmin castella 11, 51 Yaoshu) 286 index eta 80, 84 Ikeda Kikunae 146, 148 excrement 149, 151 (see also shit, kuso) Imperial Army 109–111, 113, 144 Imperial Navy 109, 111 famine 13, 36, 51, 79, 235 India 21, 124, 131, 177, 184, 200, 262 fangbian mian 4 (see also instant noodles, Indian 11, 29, 143 pot noodles) instant noodles 6, 223 (see also Farris, Wayne 36 sokuseki) food theme park 239, 241, 250 instant ramen 3–4, 6–7, 160, 189, 191, Formosa, 76, 196, (see also Taiwan) 204–208, 212–215, 220–224, 227–228, 232, French 6, 9, 81, 86, 120, 124, 151, 174, 177, 238–239, 248, 261, 269 224–225, 263, 265, 269 Instant Ramen Memorial Hall 223, 238 Frois, Lois 48 insutanto 207, 213 99 Iron Chef 8, 235 Fujii Kaoru 230 Ishiguro Tadaatsu 195–196 Fujin no tomo 154 Ishiki kaii jōrei 101 Fukuchi Genichirō 94–95 Ishinpō 30 169 Itō Hirobumi 112 Fukuoka 3 229, 238 158, 183 Fukuzawa Yukichi 96–97, 99, 104, 106, 110, jiang 35, 39 119, 211 jochū 152 (see also maid) Jōten Temple 37–38 garlic 6, 162, 165–166, 234, 247, 251 jukensei 213 Gen’e 37 General Tōgō Heihachirō 131 Kaempfer, Engelbert 69 Genraiken 158 43, 47 49 Kamakura 33, 36–37, 42, 47, 68 Grant, Ulysses 121–122 kamigata 42, 81–82 Great Kantō Earthquake 166–167 Kang Youwei 135 gyōza 31, 200, 239 Kansai 22, 40, 50, 80–81, 147, 167, 179 gyūnabe 105 (see also Aguranabe or beef) Kantō 27, 50, 80–81, 91, 166–167, 179 Karafuto 130–131 Hakata 1, 3, 24, 38, 52, 239 katsugiya 193 Hakodate 91, 116, 128 6, 145 Hara Kei 177 Kawamoto Saburō 162 Harada Nobuo 17, 108 Kawashima Shirō 131, 178, 180–182, Hayashiya Kikuzō, 231–234 (see also 195, 204 rakugo) Kikkoman 42, 257 Heian 24, 33–34, 40, 52, 66 kirimen 45 heroin 179 Kitakata 3, 158, 200, 217–220 hikiagesha 200 kitchen Bus 212 Himiko 22 Kobe 91, 134, 239, hishio 34 Kodama Kagai 155 Hishiya Heishichi 54–55 Kōfuku Temple 54–55 6, 40, 91, 116, 156–157, 233, 238 Kojiki 25 Hong Kong 90–91, 244 kokugo 124 hōtō 27 kokuminshoku 173–174, 186, 204, 225 Huang Zunxian 136 Komadari sisters 247 Hunan 11 konbu 6, 40–41, 145, 147 huntunjiao 25 konnyaku 114 hygiene 99, 121, 126, 128, 132, 149, 151–152, Kōrakuen 71, 73–74 154, 159, 164, 204, 260, 269 Korea 3, 15, 24, 29, 36, 42, 44, 94, 109, 123, 127, 134, 144, 148, 150, 159, 164, 173, 178, ice cream 123, 239 180–181, 196, 200, 230, 254–255, ichizen meshiya 159 259, 269