Some of us fondly remember this topic.
The director, Hirokazu Kore-eda has a new series on Netflix, again set in Japan. It is also said that
Quotethere is a lot of food here, as should be expected from Kore-eda. This is not a series to watch when even remotely peckish. Food is ceremonial, bonding, a plot driver and a focus. There are Fuji apples (for their mother, Fuji), rice cakes, pickled cabbage, endless platters of sushi. Food is savoured and shared. I have never been so desperate to gobble up everything on the screen.
I have downloaded it (7 hour-long episodes) and will be watching over the next few days and elaborating.