Eikoku ikka, Nippon o taberu: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

Based on a book by British travel and dining journalist Michael Booth. Follows Booth, his wife Lissen, and two kids Ansger (6) and Emil (4), on their 100-day trip to Japan as they try a wide variety of Japanese foods. Booth was inspired to make the trip by Shizuo Tsuji's book, Japanese Cooking, A Simple Art.

(Source: ANN)

Series details

• Title: Eikoku ikka, Nippon o taberu
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Comedy, Anime
• Premiere date: 2015-04-12
• Final broadcast date listed: 2015-10-11
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: NHK
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 20 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 15885
• IMDb ID: tt4609952
• TVDB ID: 293592

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2015-04-12; final listed air date 2015-10-11; episode order: 24.

Source and licence

Adapted from Eikoku ikka, Nippon o taberu on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.