Yubari City, Minami Shimizusawa Kaikan.

This is a kaiseki restaurant located in Yubari City, Yuhito Town, north of Minami Shimizuzawa Valley, 42 kilometers east of Sapporo City, southeast of the Yubari Mountain Range.

The mayor of Yubari City, Yoshida Hisa, is staggering with his supporters, and it is not lively.

Because kaiseki cuisine and kaiseki cuisine have the same Japanese pronunciation, the concept of kaiseki cuisine and kaiseki cuisine is often confused together.

However, tracing back to its origins, kaiseki restaurants are not the same as traditional kaiseki cuisine.

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Kaiseki cuisine is simply put.

The essence of the dish is that it is eaten at a banquet.

It is a form of cuisine that emerged as a substitute after the abolition of Honzen cuisine (a cuisine with fixed rituals and rituals that originated in the upper class of the Muromachi period).

During the Edo period, samurai gatherings began to write ancient poems, and of course such elegant gatherings could not be done without sake and food.

As a result, this form of feasting evolved into a banquet dish called a kaiseki.

Kaiseki cuisine does not focus on ceremonial forms like honzen cuisine, but rather a relaxed way to enjoy the deliciousness of the food.

In the 70s of the 20th century, any banquet cuisine that was not bound by formal regulations and enjoyed food and wine was called kaiseki cuisine at RB.

Kaiseki cuisine mimics traditional kaiseki cuisine, and adds a variety of dishes such as deep-fried, steamed, and hot pot dishes to the "one sauce and three dishes......

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Minami Shimizuzawa Kaikan's kaiseki cuisine is more varied than traditional kaiseki restaurants.

With the economic boom of RB for 70 years, the standard of the 70-year-old kaiseki restaurant has developed from the traditional three dishes and one soup to three dishes and two soups, and five dishes and two soups.

Minami Shimizusawa Kaikan's kaiseki cuisine is the first to raise the standard to nine dishes and three soups, and the variety is also very rich, and the color, aroma, taste, utensils, and shape are also very particular.

One soup and three dishes (dashi, sashimi, barbecue, boiled vegetables), appetizers, fried foods, soups, salimata, vinegar and other snacks, and finally rice, miso soup, fruits, and so on......

Minami Shimizusawa Kaikan's kaiseki dishes are served one by one in the order of the menu.

In particular, the sea bream sashimi, which is still swinging with the tail still swinging, the lips still open, and the body of the fish has been made into a fillet, is a must in Yubari City.

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The waiters were busy with plates and wine......

One of the waiters, squatting with sake, entered the house, and there was a faint cold light on his waist.

It's just such a scorching banquet atmosphere, no one will notice a mere restaurant waiter.

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"We were able to eat sea bream here today, thanks to you."

"In the next election, you can do it all. You don't have to worry about the funding of the support club. ”

"Mayor Yoshida, please take care of the second phase of the Yubari Coal Mine Historical Village."

"I wish you success in your third consecutive term and create the history of Yubari City."

"Of course, without Mayor Yoshidahisa, how can this city do well."

Several real estate developers and builders took sake and gathered around Yoshidahisa, the mayor of Yubari City, and toasted.

"Thank you, it's all for the development of Yubari City." Mayor Yoshida smiled and raised his glass.

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The first phase of the Xizhang Coal Mine Historical Village has exhausted all the financial surpluses of Yubari City over the years.

The businesses of the Yoshida family's camp are all in the largest public project in the history of Yubari City, and their fortunes have skyrocketed.

The plan for the second phase of the Coal Mine Historical Village was formulated last month.

Yubari City is preparing to issue 10 billion yen of debt to invest in the second phase of the project.

This is another big piece of fat.

Mayor Yoshidahisa, the flesh-splitter of this second feast.

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When the snapper sashimi was brought up, the eyes of the fish were still turning, and the tail of the fish struggled to splash the icy water.

Diners burst into laughter.

"This snapper is so fresh."

"Yes, the chef said that this is the freshest sea bream of the year."

"Ahaha, it's so energetic."

Diners divide the food, and the body of the sea bream is cut into sashimi fillets, dipped in wasabi soy sauce, and swallowed in the stomach.

The waiter who served the wine looked at the struggling sea bream as if he saw the entire Yubari City......

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"Xizhang Xintan Mining, that batch of equipment for resale, the audit department under the Finance Bureau, has been stuck in the approval."

The acting president of Yubari Shintan Mining took the flask in the waiter's hand, knelt beside him, and bowed down to pour wine for Mayor Yoshida.

Mayor Yoshida frowned, put down his wine glass, picked up a piece of Arctic shellfish, and said:

"Is it the batch of corporate bonds that issued and purchased equipment? I heard that the batch of equipment has not been opened, and now it is going to be sold at a 3% discount? ”

"There is also the Hokkaido Coal Mine Local Government Association, which has made a lot of noise about the issue of pensions. NHK has news coverage. ”

The acting president of Yubari New Carbon Mining bowed humbly and said sincerely:

"The plan for the resale of this batch of equipment was a plan formulated by President Yoshida Zhuoda before his death. We, the senior management of Yubari New Carbon Mining, also want to carry out the president's will. ”

Mayor Yoshida Hisashi ate the Arctic shellfish, paused for a moment, looked at the acting president who was lying in front of him, and said a little sadly: "Yoshida Zhuoda's plan." But my brother is dead......"

The acting president of Yubari New Carbon Mining stepped forward and moved, and said in a low voice:

"President Yoshida Toddata shares, we, the Board of Directors of Yubari Shintan Mining, have passed a proposal to increase his share by 30% and donate it to your campaign committee account......"

Mayor Yoshida put down his chopsticks, drank the sake poured by the acting president in the cup, and said slowly:

"Hokkaido Coal Mine Municipalities United, Real Nonsense."

"The businesses are all bankrupt, where is there any pension. If they weren't so lazy, how could the business be like this? ”

"I will arrange for the Yubari City Police Headquarters to guard the order of the city, and they will not interfere with the normal bankruptcy procedure of the enterprise."

The acting president of Yubari New Carbon Mining Co., Ltd. secretly complained in his heart.

The mayor of the Yoshida family did not mention the transfer of equipment to the audit, but talked about the activities of the Hokkaido Coal Mine Municipalities Association......

The head of the Hokkaido Coal Mine Local Government Coalition, Ueyama and Emon, died.

Those rabble, they can't make any big waves.

As long as you invite Yakuza and the Runaways, you can easily do it.

Mayor Yoshidahisa, in terms of the left and right, just doesn't talk about the resale of equipment, which makes the acting president of Yubari New Carbon Mining feel difficult to ride a tiger for a while.

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Finally, Mayor Yoshida put down the empty wine glass and sighed again: "Hey, my poor brother. That's my siblings, my dear relatives and friends......"

The acting president of Yubari New Carbon Mining wiped the sweat stains on his cheeks, and hurriedly poured it for Mayor Yoshida Hisa, and then whispered: "Fifty percent? ”

Mayor Yoshidahisa nodded with satisfaction: "Regarding the resale of equipment, you will submit the materials to the audit department again next week." ”

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9:51 p.m., Minami Shimizusawa Kaikan.

At the end of the banquet, the guests began to say goodbye.

A service is staring at Mayor Yoshida Hisashi who is being complimented by several entrepreneurs and is about to leave.

The chains around his waist wriggled like snakes under his clothes, and the scythe hidden in his sleeves was shaking slightly.

At this time, a string of shrill sirens broke the silence of the night......