[DeepL Translation - needs review] Volume 1 Introduction: Takeshi Kozumi, who has reached retirement age, discovers the delicious taste of nondescript yakisoba noodles and ice-cold beer during a mid-afternoon stroll. Then, awakening to the joys of eating alone, he begins to search for the blissful delicacies that fill both his heart and his stomach. The nine stories include "Hot Tangmen to Blow Away the Prediction of a Cold," "Overly Spirited Sukiyaki," "The Tono's Mugitoro Rice," and "Break...
