The eponymous Sota is a kitchen hand at a high-class traditional Japanese restaurant, learning the basics of cooking washoku. Through Sota's training, readers will come to understand the care and forethought that goes into creating Japanese cuisine and which has led to its wide-spread popularity across the world, from ramen to sushi to izakaya fare. Pure-hearted, hard-working, and in love with food, Sota will have readers rooting for him to become the best washoku chef ever. (Source: Media Do International)
Ryogoku, Tokyo, a city of history and a city of sumo. Haruno Haru, who came to Tokyo from Hokkaido with the aim of becoming a painter, ends up working at Daimon, a long-established izakaya. What will happen to Haru's new life? A Ryogoku Izakaya story full of delicious food and humanity, drawn by the golden duo who gained great popularity with ``Souta's Kitchen Knife.''
