Kuitan (The Gluttonous Detective)

[Hiroyuki]

I thought Kuitan would deserve a thread here, so here it is.

The official website of Kuitan (Japanese only)

It's fun and educational.

For example, you can learn some intricacies of sushi making from Episode 1.

Episode 1, 5/7

Episode 1, 6/7

Enjoy!

[Domestic Goddess]

HIroyuki - that was fascinating. I'll be watching all these episodes on YouTube (glad it has all the English subtitles). The sushi making episode has made me hungry.

[Gruzia]

Oh! I should not have watched that late at night - all the sushi places are closed!

[mochihead]

Okay, thanks to Peter Green's "Travelogue: Spirited Away" and Hiroyuki's "Niigata Sushi Shop" threads, I found and watched both seasons of Kuitan this week.

Thank you for bringing this show to my attention! Totally awesome. Although, I have to admit, that it totally sucked having cravings for curry, okonomiyaki and croquettes and 3am. I especially liked the bits of history & backgrounds for the different foods featured in each episode. And, of course, the pure campiness of the whole series which reminded me of the tokusatsu and dramas that I grew up watching.

[Doodad]

Are these torrented anywhere?

[Peter Green]

These are fun!

Plus, I now have another excuse for falling behind in my writing!

[Hiroyuki]

I'ms so sad that the episode liked to above has been deleted.

But you can still view some episodes of Kuitan 2, like this one:

http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=zc_uk5hu1VU&feature=related

Watch it before it's deleted!

[Peter Green]

The first ramen shop wasn't opened until 1910? That was the same year Korea was forcibly annexed.

I've got to practice doing that thing where he flips the spoon out extended into the air (ala John Travolta).

[Hiroyuki]

Rairai Ken (来来軒) in Asakusa in 1910. The shop isn't there now.

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You can learn about Napolitan from this episode:

http://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=whtpJyX_8O4