It is a reprint of a chapter I sent out on 2020-06-29 titled "Japanese food sells like hotcakes. The following is Mr. Abe Nice Guy! Neither right nor left is relevant. Everyone in Japan, this is the real voice overseas! It is from Mayumi Tanimoto's paper published in the monthly magazine WiLL, released on June 26. The monthly magazine WiLL is a must-read not only by Japanese but also by people worldwide. Those who haven't subscribed should go to the nearest bookstore right now. It is full of genuine papers like this one. Even so, the price is only 920 yen (including consumption tax). Overseas people who praise Japan Japanese food sells like hotcakes. In the U.K., consumer behavior supports this movement of praise for Japan. It cannot fake spending money; no amount of behind-the-scenes manipulation in the media can cover-up. For example, more and more people in the U.K. are getting into cooking at home during the curfew period. Still, the popularity of Japanese food is growing unusually fast among Brits, for whom curry and kebabs are usually an "exotic meal." For example, an upmarket supermarket catering to the middle and upper-middle class in the U.K. has seen a 53% increase in the number of Japanese food searches on its website. The British are a lot more conservative than the Japanese when it comes to food, and many of them only eat British food when they go abroad. Even when invited to someone's house, many of them will say, "I don't like this" or "I don't eat this" without thinking, and since there is no tendency to try new things, many of them always eat the same kind of food. Until about 20 years ago, ethnic cuisine was "English-style Chinese and curry," and many people wouldn't even try Italian or German food. In the last 20 years or so, many people have come in from the E.U., air tickets have fallen, and more and more people have gone abroad, so now Thai and Spanish foods have become prevalent, but even so, people who don't eat it doesn't eat it at all. And when it comes to Japanese food, many people still think of it as exotic and nonsensical. The people who shop at high-end supermarkets have annual household incomes of 10 million yen or more, have the money to travel abroad frequently, are in the older age range, and are very health conscious. But they are pretty conservative, some of them have never eaten sushi, and not many are willing to reach out for Japanese food. The fact that these "conservative people" are now enthusiastically eating Japanese food must reflect their desire to enjoy a healthy diet in Japan, where the number of corona deaths is low. Sales of kimchi and natto have skyrocketed in Japan and the U.S., sales of kimchi and sauerkraut have increased because South Korea and Germany are doing well in the fight against Corona. So many people are trying to take advantage of countries that are doing well against Corona. And Japanese food has been appearing more often in the media since Corona. For example, the Daily Telegraph, a conservative newspaper for wealthy Britons, published recipes for Japanese food, and National Geographic, which usually talks about monuments and temples, ran an article called "Five Dishes with Miso." Comments on a program in which Paul Hollywood, a famous baker on British television, visited Japan to introduce ramen and kaiseki cuisine were full of words such as "Japan has the best food" and "I want to go to Japan." These rave reviews are not the fiction of Japan's conservatives or the so-called right-wing of the internet, but rather "The Real Voice of the People." This draft continues.
パーヴォ・ヤルヴィ（指揮）NHK交響楽団 Paavo Jarvi / NHK Symphony Orchestra Tokyo 『R.シュトラウス：英雄の生涯 Ein Heldenleben』
