Eating Through Meiji and Taisho: A Culinary Journey by Mayumi Mori, PHP Shinsho. Gourmet food, diners, cafes, and restaurants. Asakusa, Yushima, Ginza, Tsukiji... Visiting long-established restaurants that have been in business for eighty to a hundred years, chronicling the nostalgic towns and flavors of Tokyo. This new book is rich with anecdotes of literary figures and color photographs. Meiji's beef hot pot, cutlets, Taisho's omelet rice, cafes... One hundred years since the Japanese first encountered them. The unchanging flavors and spirit of long-loved, established restaurants. Listening to the stories of the owners who support these traditions, the good old days come back to life. This book follows Mayumi Mori of "Ogai's Slope" as she walks through Asakusa, Kanda, Ginza, Tsukiji, and the Fukagawa area, visiting establishments that evoke the Meiji and Taisho eras. The beef hot pot restaurant known as "The Soul's Bathhouse." The chicken restaurant loved by Jun'ichiro Tanizaki. The Western-style restaurants popular with geishas and "Gin-Bura" women. The oden shop frequented by students from Ichiko and Todai... The author listens to the stories of the owners as much as possible, such as their thoughts at the time of founding and the circumstances of opening. "I sighed at how difficult it is to continue one bird hot pot, one skewer of eel, or one steamer basket for fifty or a hundred years," the author says. Numerous secret stories and the praise of delicious food written by literary figures can be called another history of modern Japan. However, taste is what matters. The book carefully selects and introduces long-established restaurants that have all three elements: the appearance of the shop, the staff's service, and of course, the food. With nostalgic flavors and anecdotes, enjoy a moment of bliss.