Il mito del washoku: le ambivalenze della cultura gastronomica giapponese

Valuing washoku as cultural heritage and assigning an identity value to it has become a way to recover and preserve a sense of belonging and continuity with Japanese cultural roots. The nostalgia surrounding washoku reflects a desire to reconnect with an idealized past that is perceived as authentic, a time when individual identity was firmly anchored in culinary tradition and local food practices.