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'Yoshoku' Cuisine - The First Western Food
Yokohama city, Kanagawa Pref.

FOOD 2016 25 minutes Episode(s): 1 english Japanese
[Food of Japan Season 2]

The international port city of Yokohama is where cultures from the West were first allowed to develop in Japan after many years of isolationist policies. Yokohama's 'Hotel New Grand' opened in 1927 and many Yoshoku or Japanese-style western dishes were created there. Yoshoku has changed Japanese culture. The camera focuses on the hotel, which became one of Yokohama's landmarks telling the story of how these dishes were created.

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Part of the "Food of Japan Series 2"!

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