I have something on my mind, so tomorrow after we eat lunch, around eight o'clock go to the lodgings in Kanda, there you can find an old man called Shiraodo Yusai, seventy years old but still sharp, a master of reading faces...
Back then, we forgot our lunch on the bus, so we were all chewing on lemons and struggling like crazy. By the time we got back to our rooms we were exhausted.
"Japanese people's hirumeshi" by Nobuo Sakai
It is the most humble of the day's three meals, but also the only time a salaried worker may eat at their own discretion: lunch (or hirumeshi). Gourmet discourse is fun, but reexamining "lunch" through the lens of culinary history and culture reveals... When did Japanese people begin to eat lunch?
宇宙センターの敷地にあるレストランです。窓から見える景色が素敵なところです。種子島ではお昼ご飯のことを“ちゅうはん(昼飯)”と言います。This is the restaurant at the space center. You can see from the window what a charming place it is. In Tanegashima luncheon is called “chūhan (l(a)unch)”.
赤塚の昼飯(ちゅうはん)→・ゆず味噌おにぎり・大根とゆずの香々(こうこう)・酒粕と鮭の粕汁Akatsuka lunch (chūhan) → yuzu-miso rice balls, daikon and yuzu salad (kōkō), sake lees and salmon soup