School lunches in Hachioji City offer ‘Kuwato-Hachioji hometown cuisine’ using locally produced ingredients, such as ‘katameshi’, which has been handed down from long ago, ‘Kuwato-yaki’ using mulberry leaves associated with the area and ‘silken soup’ using somen noodles as silk threads, to convey to children the history, culture and traditions of Kuwato-Hachioji and its local charms, while The restaurant has fostered attachment to the region.
These efforts bore fruit, and in March 2024, it was recognised as a ‘100-year food’ by the Agency for Cultural Affairs.

Recipes for the ‘hometown dishes’ served in school lunches are available. Please make and taste them at home.

• ~Contents of the menu~
• Mulberry City emperor's meal [Katemeshi, Kuwatu yaki (or Kuwatu fried rice), silk soup].
• Hachioji Castle emperor's meal [Autumn Moon rice, deep-fried stone wall, Hachioji soup].
• Mt Takao emperor's meal [Tengu gohan [rice cooked with tengu, grilled Takao maple leaf with grated starchy sauce, mountain vegetables, green haze soup]

Japanese heritage menu recipes (1,343 kb)