Nishinomiya School Lunches Are Extremely Local We Investigated Kurakuen Junior High School [Nishitsu Detective]

We received this message from Nishitsuu reader Usapi about school lunches in Nishinomiya.

Wait, what! That is way too interesting. But lately, we haven’t had time to go out and report on it in person💦

So we asked Mr. Adachi(former principal of Municipal Higashi High School), who we’re friendly with at the Nishinomiya Board of Education, “If it’s possible…”

And unbelievably, he went to eat the school lunch as a Nishitsuu detective for us〜

Mr. Adachi is always so kind. Thank you so much!!!!!

November 26 (Wed): Infiltrating Kurakuen Junior High School

Mr. Adachi taught a class at Kurakuen Junior High School that day! After that, he naturally ended up having school lunch together with the students.

Here it is on the map↓

The address is 14-1 Kurakuen Sanbancho, Nishinomiya City, Hyogo Prefecture.

Kurakuen Junior High School is probably the school located at the highest elevation in Nishinomiya. We hear a lot of the students are well trained by all those slopes.

It’s started, it’s started〜〜〜. Such a nostalgic atmosphere.

Deep-fried salmon. It looks sooo good〜〜〜! Apparently there’s some kind of secret ingredient.

Hint↓

That’s right!

“Hakushika sake” is the secret ingredient. Isn’t that so Nishinomiya〜〜!

Today’s menu is “Salmon with vegetable ankake sauce”. It’s packed with vegetables〜

These are the plates they use now. Do these plates look familiar to you〜? Are they the same outside Kurakuen Junior High too?

So this is how they serve everything with teamwork.

Salmon with a silky, thick vegetable sauce. This is the kind of dish that makes you keep eating rice.

This! It’s a signature Nishinomiya dish.

The usual milk. Back in Shachobi’s day, it came in bottles〜

A summary of what we learned about school lunches during a previous report. Apparently, carton milk has been used since 2005. We had AI summarize it, so the text is a little rough here and there, but it’s nicely put together〜

So, the identity of that menu item from earlier was

“Kasujiru”〜〜〜.

Here’s the full school lunch all together! By the way, junior high school lunches now cost 360 yen〜

Oh, this has a Miyatan design.

A wet wipe? Nope〜 It was “seasoned nori (from Hyogo Prefecture).” It wasn’t from Nishinomiya, as expected, but

It says “Miyacco School Lunch”〜! This time, it’s a commemorative menu for Nishinomiya City’s 100th anniversary, after all!!

There are 5 sheets of nori inside.

You really could eat bowl after bowl of rice with this〜. By the way, the rice is from Hyogo Prefecture, and it seems to be a blend of rice from several production areas.

And here’s the answer about the much-anticipated kasujiru.

Apparently, the sake lees used in the kasujiru are from Nihonsakari〜.

Students still eat school lunch gathered by group, with that familiar nostalgic feeling. I feel like back in the day, we used to push our desks right up against each other