Breakfast at traditional-style inns is a great way of sampling the local cuisine. This episode features the breakfasts served at various establishments, including one in Niigata Prefecture (a major rice-producing area), which serves rice cooked on a traditional-style stove, rice porridge that is slowly cooked with hot spring water, and a range of appetizing side-dishes. The guest rooms at an inn in the Shuzen-ji area of the Izu Peninsula have braziers that enable miso soup to be served piping hot. And we look at the savory rolled omelets that have been served for half a century at an inn in Kyoto, as well as the breakfast favored by the author and renowned gourmet Shotaro Ikenami (1923-1990). Also we look at the breakfast at one establishment in Okinawa Prefecture that based on the principles of Chinese herbal medicine, which features 24 separate dishes.
