Once upon a time in the small town of Hiraya, Nagano Prefecture, lived a normal high schooler named Seta Rinichirou. One stormy night, he found a Princess named Polilyfa and the Female Knight (Valkyrie) who served her, Krauzera, collapsed in the middle of paddy field. Both of them had escaped from their country who fell to Orc army attack using Gate magic. And now they established a government in exile at Rinichirou house. Between jealous stalker childhood friend, Princess Pau and Krauzera fascination at Japanese modern technology and culture, and superdense Rinichirounium, a slapstick comedy choked with otaku culture reference in a rural Nagano countryside will begin! Also, the people from this world and from that world began to visit one after another.

For their ten-year anniversary, Tori, a hairdresser, and Tetsu, a programmer, embarked on the longest journey in Japan, from Wakkanai, Hokkaido Prefecture, where Tetsu's grandparents lived, to Kohoku, Kishima, Saga Prefecture, where Tori's family lived. Their trip was Tetsu's, the Shinkansen fanatic, dream come true, while Tori was estatic to sightsee, try all sorts of ekiben, and introduce Tetsu to his family. A straight line from the North to South Japan, totalling to over 10.000km! Squid rice, beef, shrimp, 1,000 ryo chirashi, beef stew, Kaganodate bento, popular rice, Arita-yaki curry, delicious ekiben, and a train journey.

They're not anyone's “favorite” foods, but they all have their own place in our hearts. Boiled *chikuwabu* cakes, sweet *amashoku* buns, *kanpyou* (dried gourd!), deep-fried *chikuwa* fish cakes wrapped in seaweed, sweet *suama* mochi cakes, soft *gyuuhi* mochi, frozen mikan, soba water… This manga is an ode to those foods that are a bit unremarkable, yet still so dear to us. The author's cute sidekick Mogu-san is a cute treat as well! Eiko Matsumoto, the creator of *Nazo no Ano Mise*, brings you this super tasty essay comic that cooks up both laughs and feels. (Source: Kodansha, translated)