{"id":197,"date":"2009-04-07T17:43:31","date_gmt":"2009-04-07T21:43:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sakayanyc.com\/blog\/wordpress\/index.php\/oishinbo-sake\/"},"modified":"2009-04-07T17:43:31","modified_gmt":"2009-04-07T21:43:31","slug":"oishinbo-sake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sakayanyc.com\/blog\/oishinbo-sake\/","title":{"rendered":"Oishinbo: Sake"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\">\u00c2\u00a0<img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sakayanyc.com\/blog\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/oishinbo-sake-front-page.jpg?resize=230%2C313&#038;ssl=1\" title=\"Oishinbo: Sake\" alt=\"Oishinbo: Sake\" width=\"230\" height=\"313\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The popular culinary manga series, <em>Oishinbo<\/em> has finally been translated into English.\u00c2\u00a0 The <em>Oishinbo<\/em> series began in 1983 during the gourmet boom in Japan&#8217;s Bubble Era and continues to this day.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 <em>Oishinbo <\/em>#102 was published in June, 2008.\u00c2\u00a0 It&#8217;s popularity has been so widespread that it became an animated television show from 1988 to 1992, a TV drama from 1994 to 1999, and a movie in 1996.<\/p>\n<p>The story\u00c2\u00a0 takes place at the fictional Tozai Newspaper company in Tokyo. 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