[Commentary] Japanese curry, fried chicken, sushi, tempura... On a "food street" behind Sichuan University, there is a Japanese restaurant operated by Japanese uncle. After ten o'clock in the morning on June 6, the owner of the shop, Mr. Fujimoto, and his wife were busy in the kitchen to prepare lunch for today's first diners. Since returning to work in mid-March, thanks to the resumption of school in the surrounding schools, his shop is gradually regaining popularity.

　　[Commentary] 53-year-old Shoichi Fujimoto met his wife born in Guizhou in Chengdu in 1997. At that time, Fujimoto was an employee of a Japanese food trading company, and his wife was a reporter from a local newspaper in Chengdu. An interview to get connected. After living in Japan for 7 years, in 2004, in order to let her daughter learn Chinese culture, Fujimoto returned to Chengdu, and opened this small shop in 2012, around busy with less than ten tables.

　　[Same period] (The Japanese shop owner Shoichi Fujimoto) China’s development has changed a lot now, I didn’t expect a big change at that time, but (at that time) I believe it will be developed, so if you come to live in China earlier, life will also be very good.

　　[Commentary] When talking about how he compared with when he first arrived in Chengdu in the 1990s, Mr. Fujimoto said that the city of Chengdu has a new look, people are more fashionable and more tolerant of foreign cultures. He enjoys the "easy" rhythm of life in Chengdu, where changes are happening all the time, and he is changing accordingly.

　　[Same period] (Xiichi Fujimoto, the owner of the Japanese restaurant) When I came to Chengdu, I went to Tianfu Square and People's Park to take a walk to see their life in Chengdu. When I first came, I honestly didn't like spicy food, and I couldn't drink liquor. Now it's no problem to eat spicy food. I like spicy food and drink white wine. Now I will play Chengdu Mahjong. I am now a Chengdu native.

　　[Commentary] As soon as it was lunch, the shop of Shoichi Fujimoto was already full of customers. In addition to serving food to customers, Shoichi Fujimoto will also enthusiastically communicate with you, introduce Japan's well-known attractions and cultural customs, and share the new changes he saw in Japan.

　　[Same period] (Shinichi Fujimoto, the owner of a Japanese restaurant) I go back to Japan about once a year. When I go back to Japan, I (will) visit many places. There are also great changes in Japan. In the past, Japanese Chinese restaurants were Cantonese (mainly), but now there are many Sichuan restaurants. In the past, Mapo tofu in Japan was sweet and not authentic. Now the authentic Mapo tofu is easy to sell, and the same is true for Dandan noodles.

　　【Explanation】Compared with other Japanese food shops, the price of the dishes in Fujiichi Shoichi is relatively close to the people, and it will also incorporate "Sichuan flavor" into the Japanese food, attracting many Japanese food lovers to "punch". When a customer suggested that he expand the store or open a new store, Fujimoto said that he has a "small store feeling" and wants to make every food carefully, so that Chengdu residents can taste the taste of Japanese home cooking and understand the food behind. Japanese culture.

　　[Same period] (Japanese food shop owner Shoichi Fujimoto) Because the customers who come to dinner are (mostly) students, there are many students, they come to my shop to eat after graduation, (speaking) where to work after graduation, get married, etc. , Communicate with me, I feel very happy, feel like my own child. When I was a kid, I always ate in a small shop, and when I returned to Japan (the shop) was still there, I felt very happy, as if I was back when I was a kid. So I also want to do this, I have been opening a store here, my wife and I are two people. If possible, I (will) work here until one hundred years old.

　　Chen Xuanbin reports from Chengdu

Editor in charge: [Chen Haifeng]