In January 2012, TV Tokyo aired Yakitori and fried rice in Monzen-nakacho, Koto, which is the title of the very first episode of The Solitary Gourmet. Starring Matsushige Yutaka as Inogashira Goro, a merchant who loves eating, The Solitary Gourmet is an adaptation of Kusumi Masayuki and Taniguchi Jiro’s manga of the same name. Goro’s…

