Name: World's Best School Lunch ★ ONLY in JAPAN
Uploaded: 2020-07-31T19:10:42.000Z
Duration: 11 min 34 s
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Japanese schools have a reputation for serving up

which made me wonder what kids are actually eating here.

Non-students can't eat at a Japanese elementary school so –

This is Kyushoku Toban which literally means

It's a restaurant which serves authentic Japanese school lunches

and a great place to try out a lot of things.

it looks like a normal restaurant in Japan.

But if you go up to the second floor ... you're in for a surprise.

This is a Japanese school themed restaurant!

This place is really cool because it gives you a chance to eat

we can't go to a Japanese elementary school.

and joining me on this report to help explain

The second floor is a 5th grade classroom

with a lot of the same interior items you find at many Japanese schools

THE AMAZING JAPANESE AGEPAN (Sweet Bread)

The agepan or fried sweet baked bread is a Japanese school lunch regular

It's not dunked so it doesn't get saturated in oil.

Japanese school lunch calories are well regulated.

This entrée was developed right after World War 2

to increase the daily caloric intake of students

and a topping like kinako, roasted soybean powder.

To older Japanese, it's a nostalgic food they can share with their kids

and still on many school lunch menus today.

Kubota-san and the staff prepare our order.

At Japanese schools, everyone eats the same thing.

but here, there's a menu and they've got to be ready for any order.

They sometimes have regional school foods off menu

so ask if you're curious about something.

Rice, miso soup, noodles, meat sauce and curry or stew.

The order is placed on a tray and taken to us on the second floor classroom.

The classroom was starting to smell a whole lot better!

Before eating, you have to do one important thing.

So, what's the deal with Japanese school lunches?

The Japanese School Lunch program started in 1954 nationwide.

Before that, kids brought a bento to school.

Caloric intake and nutrition value is regulated for every scheduled meal.

If they hate something, you still have to eat it

There's no cafetreria in Japanese elementary schools.

and there's no sushi, for safety reasons.

which usually cost around $40 to $60 a month.

Nearly all ingredients are locally produced

Learning about nutrition starts with what kids eat in their own lunches.

Soup, meat sauce, curry stew, salad, and noodles with agepan and milk.

vegetable soup and rice with furikake flavoring.

Furikake here is seaweed, a little salt and sesame.

Here, the softmen is accompanied by meat sauce and a salad.

and could feed thousands, nothing ever wasted.

Kids sometimes cant use chopsticks so –

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World's Best School Lunch ★ ONLY in JAPAN

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