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)

Sota Kitaoka, born in Shizunai, Hokkaido, to a family that ran a restaurant called "Kitaoka", moved to Tokyo for training in order to rebuild his family's run-down restaurant. There, he was discovered by the owner of "Tomikyu," a long-established ryotei restaurant in Ginza, where he underwent rigorous training, eventually becoming the head chef at Tomikyu. After that, he went on a culinary journey until he opened his own restaurant, "Tomikyu Kamui" in Nerima, Tokyo.
 
A few years later, Sota is back at it again, this time to pursue the essence of "Omotenashi" (hospitality), just in time for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics! The long-awaited revival of the classic culinary manga!
 
(Source: Bunkasha, translated)

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