Rice and fish as part of education: how Japanese children learn to eat right

In Japan, school Lunches are much different from lunch in our usual sense. In our school they were certainly edible, but sometimes there were jokes about the origin of dishes — fish or meat.

In Japanese culture, food is an essential part of education. Children from an early age, explain that any products that they consume, affect not only the body but also on the thinking and feeling. "The government's position is that school lunch is a mandatory part of education, not years," said Masahiro Oji, a government representative on school health.

If the parents can't pay for baby food (about two dollars and a half), children offer free or reduced dining program.

In Japan the lunch time is almost sacred. Nobody hurry and does not adjust, children safely enjoy the food.

Students give each other dinners — so they bring independence. In many schools there is not even the janitors, children clean up after yourself.

Rice is the staple food of the Japanese.

Lunch usually consists of main dish, rice and soup. In the pictures miso soup, dried fish, milk, rice and fried pork with vegetables.

Another option is tofu with meat and rice, a salad, an Apple and a carton of milk.

In elementary school Jinego in Akita Prefecture is a typical lunch consists of chicken, rice, miso soup with wakame, salad, milk and Mandarin.

Curry with rice, milk and fruit salad. In many schools once a week and also serves lunch serves Korean and Italian cuisine.

In the school of Ashima — rice, pork and egg, with lemon yoghurt soup with tofu and seaweed, milk.

As a result, the Japanese not only get a healthy body and stomach, but also learn to take responsibility for what they eat. In Japan, the average life expectancy is one of the most high, and the level of obesity of the population is below average.

And after a good lunch will inevitably be a dream.