Tales of the Land of Horai ~After the COVID-19 pandemic, I returned home for the first time in a while and underwent a transformation~

When I returned to Earth and weighed myself...

Amazingly, he gained 3.2 kg in just 12 days!

...

Inazo is a man of his own, and despite his sloppy appearance even when naked, he lives a frugal and modest life, which is rare for a middle-aged man working away from home.

I rarely eat out. I hardly eat meat. I use natural salt. I use raw sugar cane from Amami. I eat less fats and oils, lots of fiber, and lots of fermented foods.

Brown rice isn't tasty, so I'm following an anti-carb diet, eating polished germ rice with a quarter of glutinous barley and a little black rice. Even at my age, I eat four go of this a day, compared to the seven go of Kamakura samurai .

In other words, because they are a rice shop, they strive to have a rice-centered, quasi-Edo period diet.

Moreover, he doesn't drink, smoke, or gamble, and he doesn't sneak around at night without telling his wife.

A sneer can be heard from the lust-filled man next to me.

But I don't have any paid vacation, and there's no one to replace me.

...

In Japan's downtown areas, there is a restaurant every three steps , and they are all delicious. It is actually harder to find a bad restaurant .

"Maybe we should raise the price a bit more?"

I think that.

There are tons of restaurants in Seongju .

However, is it a problem with the maker, the water, or the freshness of the ingredients ( probably all of them)?

The location is nice.

However, the prices are high and the quality is so-so, so I don't actively want to go there. In other words, Seongju's restaurants are at most 3 stars.

With a few exceptions, even so-called high-end Japanese restaurants don't use quality rice or salt.

So, Japan.

It's a fruit parfait decorated with chocolate!

It's a waffle shop and a crepe shop with a fragrant smell.

It's chewy Sanuki udon noodles topped with deep-fried chikuwa fish cake!

The Wagyu beef is oozing with juicy juices!

It's a set of extra-large kimchi beef bowl, extra-large rich ramen and fried rice !

The Bible and Buddhist scriptures contain scenes in which saints fight demons called worldly desires.

When the devil forces the Saint Brothers to walk through Japan's busiest streets, will they be able to resist the smell of waffles and the juicy taste of Omi beef ?

For me, it's been 2.5 years since I last visited Japan, and the whole archipelago feels like the real world . Even the air that fills my lungs is delicious.

So I became a bad boy. I drank beer in the afternoon and even went out of my way to smoke cigarettes behind the gym at my alma mater.

Umm, I'd like a super rich large portion and a fried rice and gyoza set, please!

I continued this diet every day, with a single meal likely containing a total of 1,800 kcal.

Every day I went to the convenience store and ate Glico's Deka Pudding, Garigari-kun, whole bananas, and even flaky apple pie .

I also ate octopus and yellowtail sashimi, and even ate almond-flavored fried chicken wings with my hands like a fierce carnivore!

While every day is filled with dopamine, a self-proclaimed healthy middle-aged man from Seongju has his blood dripping in just 10 days.

"You'll die if you keep going like this."

With my condition being such that the doctor warned me, I returned to Earth.

That's enough.

Be an idiot! I went to a restaurant at least once a day in Japan, and it was a taste of liberation from the outside world.

The country of Horai in the East Sea that Xu Fu was aiming for was a liberated area full of delicious food. That's amazing lol

...

This proves that I usually eat a lot less, but the repercussions are that I've gained 3kg.

I also realized that if I don't eat out, I won't have to spend money on food. If I want to save money, I have to cook at home, both financially and in terms of quality.

However, if you are stingy even when cooking at home, your satisfaction with your diet will be significantly lower, and you cannot expect mental fulfillment or stress relief from meals.

Taste brings happiness.

Without the opportunity to feel this way several times a day, even a middle-aged monk in training in Seongju can easily become overwhelmed.

So don't skimp on ingredients. Balance frugality with luxury.

If I were an expatriate, I would eat out most of the time and buy rice at home from Don Quijote or similar, which would be out of the question. (The Engel coefficient would be higher and the stress would be higher.)

Also, think about the future and choose foods that are as healthy as possible.

People under 38 still think they're invincible, right? You're going to get old, you're going to get old eventually. You're going to get old like climbing a staircase. No way.

High fructose corn syrup, refined salt, white sugar, omega-6 vegetable oils, diets lacking dietary fiber, etc. These are nothing but poison to the irreplaceable middle-aged body.

Healthy foods are expensive, but they come with fewer health risks.

"In the end it's a cheap investment."

If everyone realized this, I think the world would be a little more peaceful. If it's delicious, it's also mentally fulfilling, which is great.

It's unfortunate when you focus too much on the immediate future and end up damaging your health. You won't be able to work, and you won't even appreciate delicious food.

Well, since it was my first time back home in a long time, I was allowed to indulge in some animalistic eating and drinking.

At that time, I was definitely alive. I became a pig full of worldly desires.

...

So, if you are returning to Japan for the first time in a while for Obon, not only do you enjoy Japan to your heart's content, but you also have to fill your stomach, get your blood flowing, and gain at least 3kg before you go back to Japan lol.

Japan is so good lol

I once again realized that I want to continue exporting this kind of Japan.

Maintaining freshness and delivering super fast!