Traditional washoku cuisine is catching on abroad, yet in the country of its origin its future prospects are not so tasty.
Seasoning makers, who create key ingredients for washoku, have apparently come up with a solution: initiate children into the world of washoku from early on.
The companies are offering to send representatives to visit elementary schools hoping that they will increase children's familiarity with traditional seasonings as they struggle against the continuing Westernization of culinary life.