Original subtitles

Sasazuka, Shibuya Ward

That was a good one, just now.

Thank you.

Just more like this... Your armpits...

Armpits...

Tighten your armpits. Since they're open like this.

Yes.

Tighten them. Try it.

Okay, got it. Yes.

Oh~ Inogashira-san!

Okay guys, please continue practicing just as I taught you.

Okay!

You said you wanted a custom-made golf bag...

Yes. That's right.

I was hoping to have a European craftsman do it...

I was told that you are well versed in this area.

Can you give me a specific image of what you are looking for?

Ishii-san?

Yes? Oh, I'm sorry.

If you could just give me a specific image or even just keywords are fine...

Ah, right. Well, for example, like the ones owned by British aristocrats...

Wada-san!

Yes?

Your armpit. Your armpit's open.

My armpit.

Tighten them, just as I taught you.

Um, Ishii-san...

Yes? Oh, sorry! Where were we?

About the image of the golf bag...

Oh the image? Yes, right...

Well anyway, emphasis on an eye-catching design...

Like the ones from Europe...

Takashi-san, nice shot!

Good one. You hit it perfectly! Nice impact!

Thank you!

Oh sorry!

Where were we?

When you say "emphasis on the design", does practicality...

Wada-san! Your armpit!

It's open again. Close it.

Armpit? Yes.

How many times did I tell you? Okay? Close it.

Hayashi-san! Your line of sight...

It's the line of sight that's important. Look closely!

Yes.

Focus. Focus.

Focus, okay?

Focus so... okay? Tazaki-san!

I wish he could focus over here.

Don't get carried away, okay!

Wada, your armpit!

Regardless of time or society...

INOGASHIRA GORO MATSUSHIGE YUTAKA

When someone indulges in satisfying his hunger...

Yaho~ Now THIS is a meal!!

Rice, Udon, Mochi. An Unexpected Carbs Festival.

...he will become selfish and liberated for a moment.

Am I hungry and lacking composure?

There is no such thing as a fool who regrets eating a feast

Without being disturbed by anyone...

...to eat freely is an act of aloofness.

Looks good, tastes good in its actual size

This act is the best comfort given...

...equally to every man.

Yes yes, this is what I wanted to eat Solitary Dining

Long Live

WABI-SABI SUBS PRESENTS

K O D O K U N O G U R U M E

Episode 7: "Fu-Chanpuru and Tomato Curry Tsukesoba of Sasazuka, Shibuya Ward, Tokyo"

Oh! Good job today.

SUBTITLES BY WABI-SABI SUBS

Thank you very much.

Good work. See you next time.

Thank you.

Well then, I will make several design proposals for you to choose from.

Translation / Editing / Timing: EARTHCOLORS

Yes, please.

Inogashira-san, do you play golf?

Not at all.

What a waste. With your height, you should be able to hit a good distance...

Right, why don't you try it?

No, I really don't know how.

It's okay. I will teach you.

No it's okay.

I'd be happy just getting you interested in golf.

Uh, no thanks...

Let's do it! Okay? I'll teach you. Bring this.

Let's go. Don't be shy.

No, I'm not being shy at all...

Come on, okay?

Wada-san's armpit...

WADA! Armpit!

It's open! Alright, now's the time.

It's been open the whole time. How many times do I have to tell you?

Close it. Try it again.

Yes.

Okay, I'll be on my way. I'll contact you as soon as I have the design proposals!

Wait, Inogashira-san? Inogashira-san!

Wada! It's open!

Yes?

Yes!

Close it! Don't you ever open it!

Yes!

Yes!

I do understand his enthusiasm, but it's hard to get involved.

If we'd had to go through with the lesson, for sure, the day would be over once we're done.

Just thinking about it...

...suddenly... it made me...

...hungry!

Okay, let's go find a shop.

Closed

Curry!

Oh, they're closed.

Curry~...

It looks like I'd be better off going back to the station...

I thought it was a menu sign, but it's a hair salon...

Hair Salon

Don't mislead me, will you.

Wait... calm down, Goro.

Handmade Soba / Udon YAMAYOKOSAWA

There's no mistake this time.

"Yamayokosawa".

I like the name of the restaurant.

Yeah, Yamayokosawa with this look...

There's something about it.

Handmade Soba / Udon YAMAYOKOZAWA

The stripped-down simplicity of this sign.

Yamayokosawa is more than just a handmade soba shop.

I'm going in!

Welcome. Please have the table over there.

All right, thanks for your patience.

An interesting-looking soba shop.

Excuse me.

Um, this is our drink menu.

Please choose your dish from this side.

Yes.

Taisho.

Yes.

I'll have an additional item of Goya Chanpuru.

Sure!

Huh? Goya Chanpuru?

As I thought, it's not like a soba shop.

Mori Soba ¥700 Zuru Soba ¥760 Sobagaki ¥850 Duck Broth Sobagaki ¥1350 Sobagaki with Grated Spicy Daikon 850 Tororo Soba ¥850

Mori Soba! So they do have it.

Grated radish and Tororo.

Duck Tsukesoba, Mushroom Tsukesoba.

Curry Tsukesoba?

Curry Tsukesoba Tomato Curry Tsukesoba

What!?

Tomato curry as tsukesoba (dipping soup for soba)!?

Soba to be eaten with tomato soup plus it's curry.

And what about over here...

OKINAWA SOBA Bone in Soki Suba Night only OKINAWA YAKISUBA Toppings: Akayaki Kuroyaki Shiroyaki Sunny Side Up

Okinawa Soba!

It's a hybrid of soba.

Soki Suba (Okinawan dialect for soba).

OKINAWA SOBA Boned in Soki Suba Night only OKINAWA YAKISUBA Toppings: Akayaki Kuroyaki Shiroyaki Sunny Side Up

And Akayaki, Kuroyaki, and Shiroyaki?

I'm curious about the sunny-side up topping...

Wah, the chalkboard! So many dishes!

Soba Sashimi...

Duck Roast Smoked Duck Oageyaki of Tochio, Niigata Prefecture

Oageyaki of Tochio, Niigata Prefecture

Huh, Niigata?

Duck roast. Grilled eggplant.

Grilled Eggplant Sardines and Myoga Salad Shonan Shirasu with Grated Wakame Seaweed Italian Dry-Cured Ham and Arugula Smoked Salmon Carpaccio Salad

Cured ham and arugula.

What!? Carpaccio!?

This isn't like a soba shop.

Is this part the Chanpuru Zone...?

Ikasumi Somin Chanpuru Somin Chanpuru Goya Chanpuru Fuu Chanpuru

Ikasumi Somin Chanpuru.

Fu Chanpuru...

*processed food made mainly from gluten "Fu Chanpuru"... it might be ofu*.

Here's Garlic Butter Rice.

Thanks.

Garlic butter!? They even have something like that...

Garlic Butter Rice

I feel like I'm forgetting that I'm at a soba shop...

Ah, I'm back in Okinawa.

Mimiga and Goya with Ponzu Dressing Rafute (Stewed Pork Ribs Meat) Handmade Suchika

Mimiga (pig's ears) and Goya with Ponzu Dressing. Rafute...

Handmade Suchika...

What is that? Handmade Suchika...

Jakoten-yaki of Shikoku

Jakoten... They have Shikoku dishes too?

Domestic Soba Production Area Information The soba noodles currently used in our shop are produced in Minami-Furano (Hokkaido).

Whoa, the soba is from Hokkaido...

This shop is trying to shake me up.

Okay, I know what I'll get for my finisher.

Well then... let's shake things up!

Excuse me.

Yep.

What can I get you?

What is Suchika?

Oh, it's pork ribs meat with skin on that has been cured in salt.

It's pork?

Yes.

After 10 days of resting the salted pork...

...we boil it in water and Awamori (Okinawan liquor), remove the salt, refrigerate it...

...and re-boil it before serving.

Oh, then, please give me that Suchika.

Also, Fu Chanpuru and rice, please.

Okay, Suchika, Fu Chanpuru, and rice.

And what would you like to drink?

Oh, Oolong--

Wait, in this shop...

Sanpin (Jasmine) Tea, please.

Sanpin tea, right? Yes sir.

Excuse me.

The head of the Japanese soba was dyed in Okinawan color.

That's part of the fun.

Thank you for waiting. Your Sanpin tea.

And here's your Mapo Goya.

This is delicious, you know.

Mapo Goya.

A fusion of Chuka (Chinese) and Okinawan flavors. It's Chukanawa.

San no pin.

Thank you for waiting. Suchika, right?

There's ponzu underneath. So please mix and eat it as you like.

[Homemade Suchika] Prepared with lots of time and effort The taste that convinces you when you eat it

So this is Suchika...

I humbly receive.

Su~ and Chika.

It's pretty good.

It's Okinawa at once with the goya!

Nice bitter taste from the tag team of goya and white radish sprouts.

Suchika-san draped in goya...

I think I'm falling head over heels in love.

It became delicious again...

I'm totally in love with you, Suchika.

Here it is, Fu Chanpuru and rice.

Fu-Chan, mensore (welcome).

[Fu Chanpuru] Large kurumafu entwined with egg The hero that accompanies rice!

It's the tops.

Fu-Chan. Puru-puru (shivers). Delicious.

The crisp bean sprouts...

I have no problem with the double order of goya either.

This is the kind of meal only an islander could come up with.

I can't believe ofu goes this well with rice...

*type of Japanese mustard green Nozawana* is really good! And with this, I've gotten accustomed with Okinawan tastes.

Here's you awamori refill, thanks for waiting.

Can we still order some soba?

It's still okay.

"Still okay"? That means... there are a few left?

Excuse me!

Yes.

Is it okay if I add soba, too?

Yeah, it's okay.

Tomato Curry Tsukesoba, please.

Tomato Curry Tsukesoba. Got it.

Whew~ That was a close call.

I'm in Okinawa today so I'm having soba as my finisher...

Now I can enjoy the rest of Okinawa to my heart's content.

Here you are, thank you for waiting.

It's hot, so please be careful.

Enjoy.

[Tomato Curry Tsukesoba] Lives up to its appearance and taste Tsukesoba renaissance at Sasazuka

This smell and the look!

It looks ferociously good!

This soba... is fantastic!

This is what I wanted to eat even though I never had it before.

I can't get enough of the curry broth, the ingredients, and the soba!

Soba shop's curry broth, yum!

And what's this...

It's the tomato.

It's the key to the soup.

Tomato, curry, negi, soba.

Flavors and hometown are all mixed up...

But the main character is definitely soba!

Soba from the northern land!

This is the part which I'm saving up the rice for, of course.

Sir, it's delicious if you put in soki (stewed pork ribs).

Yes, please.

Okay, I'll bring it right away.

[Add-On Soki] Melting cartilage Happy chewing Entwined with curry, ippemasa~n (delish)!

So~ki, so~ this is what you look like!

The splendid carry-over party with curry soup is about to begin!

I love it down to the bone.

The meat is happy, I'm happy too.

Invited by the deliciousness of stewed soki...

The broth that's been dipped in with the soba has awakened at once!

Taisho.

Will we be able to carry (the portable shrine) next year?

I hope so.

It's been three years since we've had the festival.

True. Is your back okay?

I'll do my best, I guess.

Let's go...

Why does curry always whet my appetite until the very last minute?

I lose track of when to quit.

Yamayokosawa...

I knew there was something about you but you still surprised me.

Dynamically swaying from south to north.

With winds blowing in from India, my meal ends on a happy note.

I'm super satisfied.

Ah~ thank you for this meal.

Here is... Okinawan Zenzai.

Wo~w!

It looks completely like shaved ice.

So nice!

But why is shaved ice called "Zenzai" in Okinawa?

I don't know.

Isn't that what they call it because they put ice in the zenzai (red bean soup)?

Oh right, you're from Tokyo, aren't you? Iida-san.

Really?

He made it look Okinawan this much and yet...?

Based on the manga "Kodoku no Gurume" Story: QUSUMI MASAYUKI Art: TANIGUCHI JIRO (Published by Shukan SPA!)

Teleplay by: KODAMA YORIKO

'Inogashira Goro' MATSUSHIGE YUTAKA

What a wonderful interesting shop.

'Iishi Takashi' IIZUKA SATOSHI (Tokyo 03)

'Shopowner' OKAYAMA HAJIME

I can't see its origins.

Opening Narration: NODA KEIICHI

It's like a mutation sort of soba shop...

Music by: "THE SCREEN TONES" QUSUMI MASAYUKI FUKUMURA SATOSHI KONO FUMIHIKO SHAKE KURIKI KEN

Subtitles by WABI-SABI SUBS

Translation / Editing / Timing: EARTHCOLORS

Opening Narration Translation: DANBURI

By the way, the owner's name was "Iida-san", right?

Producers: KOMATSU YUKITOSHI KITAO KENTO YOSHIMI KENSHI

Chief Producer: SOBUE RINA

Huh?

Directed by: IGAWA TAKASHI

Then, who is Yamayokosawa?

In cooperation with: KYODO TV

A 2022 Production of: TV TOKYO

This drama is fiction

Author Qusumi Masayuki will visit the shop where the show was filmed...

FURATTO

Sasazuka Volume Narrator: UEKUSA TOMOKI (TV Tokyo Announcer)

This time, we're going to visit this restaurant near Sasazuka Station on the Keio Line.

YAMAYOKOSAWA Handmade Soba / Udon

Yamayokosawa.

Inside the restaurant, we immediately see...

"Kodoku no Gurume" Original Writer QUSUMI MASAYUKI Shopowner IIDA KOJI-san

You aged this yourself?

Yes.

Awamori aged by Yamayokosawa Shopkeeper

Enjoy the owner's homemade awamori.

How do you do this?

For now, in order to compare the tastes...

...mix it with water or put some ice...

Or drink it as is, at room temperature.

Even if... it's watered down. The taste is still strong.

It's a strong drink.

It's quite strong, isn't it?

It's like robust.

Well, it has a firm taste.

It's delicious.

It's kinda good.

This is our homemade Karasumi (salted dried herring roe).

Wow, nice...

Homemade Karasumi

This one is also homemade, Karasumi.

Delicious!

This is dangerously delicious.

This is dangerous!

I'll be stuck in perpetual motion...

I will drink myself blind.

I dry it in the sun every day for 10 days to 2 weeks...

Apply awamori on both sides, and turn it over.

It's totally different from the usual karasumi.

But it will make karasumi fans cry (with joy).

Thank you for your patience. Here is Soba with Karami Daikon and...

Soba with Yakiage and Karami Daikon

For his finisher, he will have this soba.

Pour this in, right? Oh wow~.

Thick...

To enjoy the taste of soba...

You chew it rather than slurp it down your throat.

So this is how it is.

This is good too. I love it!

This segment is enough, right?

Isn't this story good enough to air instead?

The episode where Goro seems to appear but did not.

Of course, we can't do that!

Where you can enjoy a multi-genre menu of the owner's specialties, Yamayokosawa.

Featured Eatery: YAMAYOKOSAWA Tōkyō-to, Shibuya-ku, Sasazuka 1-58-9

Before visiting, please check our program's website.

Next on "Kodoku no Gurume"...

Ep. 8: "Crab Mask Oden and Seafood Bowl of Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture"

Stay tuned for it.