Friday, January 23, 2009

Q9:TAKUHAI





TAKUHAI, or DEMAE, means home delivery services. In Japan, you can order various kinds of foods such as sushi and pizza on the phone.

Almost all sushi restaurant offer a delivery service and it's very popular. But sushi is too expensive for ordinary people. So they can order out for sushi only on special days such as their birthday and New Year's Day. However, some sushi franchises offer a delivery service at a very low price recently, which has been attracting many young people.

Link to a sushi delivery franchise:"Chagetsu"


Pizza is also very popular and common. There are more than a thousand pizza delivery shops in Japan. So you can order out for pizza wherever you are.

Link to a pizza delivery franchise:"PIZZA-LA"

Chinese dishes such as Ramen and fried rice are inexpensive and hearty meals. Many Chinese restaurants serve not only Chinese dishes but also other kinds of foods such as curry and Donburi.

Unagi dishes are very expensive and high-class meals. Unagi, Japanese eels, are usually served at upscale restaurants called Ryotei and they cost around 3000 yen. A eel is very tasty but you cant't cook it on your own because it has a poisonous blood, and that's why it's so expensive. Most people order it on a special day called "Doyo Ushi No Hi" as a traditional custom. "Doyo Ushi No Hi" is not a holiday or a national event, but it has been said since the Edo period(1603-1868) that eating eels on the day make you healthy and prevent you from illnesses. In fact, a eel is very healthy and nutritious food. So, people of the time probably knew the fact from their experiences.


In Japan, there are many other delivery services such as newspapers, milk, and so on. And you can get these services wherever you live. This is probably because Japan is a heavily-populated country as companies providing delivery services can carry their goods very effectively.




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