A special menu commemorating Rokuro Taniuchi's birthday will be served at school lunches in Yokosuka City.

Yokosuka Museum of Art x School Lunch
Connecting art and food with Rokuro Taniuchi's "Idremo Soup"

Combining culture and food education in collaboration with Yokosuka Museum of Art

In Yokosuka City, 46 municipal elementary schools, 23 junior high schools, and 2 special needs schools will offer a special menu for the birthday of painter Rokuro Taniuchi (1921-1981) in school lunches. of this initiative is to make the approximately 1,300 pieces of Rokuro Taniuchi's works in the Yokosuka Museum of Art's collection widely known to the public, and at the same time to increase children's interest in food education and culture.This year marks the third time this initiative has been held. Masu.

Offer period and target schools

• Offer period
  : December 2 (Monday) to December 5 (Thursday), 2024
  *Provision dates vary by school.
• Target schools:
  46 municipal elementary schools, 23 junior high schools, 2 special needs schools

The origin of the special menu “Ikurodemo Soup”

``Idemo Soup'' is a specialty dish that Rokuro Taniuchi used to make for his family. It is a soup made with meat and vegetables stir-fried in butter and simmered in milk, and it was named because the family described it as ``you can eat as much as you want.'' Based on this soup episode, the Yokosuka City School Food Education Division created a menu. In addition, it is inspired by Taniuchi's work ``Milk Milk Also Came'' to express the balance and warmth of the flavor.

Menu provided

Elementary school menu example

• Any amount of soup
• chicken saute
• corn pilaf

Junior high school menu example

• Any amount of soup
• Nanohana salad (image of the work “Butterfly attached to a ribbon”)
• fried chicken
• soft french bread
• prune fermented milk

The richness of butter and milk combined with the sweetness of vegetables makes this ``Ikurodemo Soup'' a perfect dish for winter, and goes well with bread or rice.

Yokosuka Museum of Art fun for the whole family

Due to the implementation of the special menu, if you bring the December menu sheet distributed to students, admission to the Yokosuka Museum of Art will be free of charge (up to 2 people with 1 ticket, until April 6, 2020 [Sunday] ] (Originally free for junior high school students and younger). Please take this opportunity to visit the Yokosuka Museum of Art with your family and enjoy Rokuro Taniuchi's works.

An introduction video will also be broadcast during lunch time.

During lunch time, each school will broadcast an introductory video about Rokuro Taniuchi and the special menu. In addition, a video about the details and background of "Idremo Soup" is available on the Yokosuka Museum of Art's YouTube channel.

Comments from Yokosuka City School Food Education Division

``This is the third time this year we have served this soup.It is a mildly flavored soup with the richness of butter and milk and the sweetness of vegetables.In the elementary school menu, we serve it with chicken sauté and corn pilaf in addition to ``Idemo Soup.'' did. In the junior high school menu, in addition to ``Idomo Soup,'' it was served with rape blossom salad, fried chicken, soft French, and fermented prune milk. A perfect winter soup that goes well with rice or bread. ”

School food education section

Through this initiative, we hope that Rokuro Taniuchi's art and stories will spread to more people.

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