school lunches - documentary & feature story (in English)

This article is several pages and will appeal to learners of Japanese language and society at all ages.

More Than a Meal School Lunch in Japan

By Alexis Agliano Sanborn

published at Education About ASIA Volume 22, Number 1 (Spring 2017)

online at http://aas2.asian-studies.org/EAA/EAA-Archives/22/1/1468.pdf 

[concluding paragraph]

    Kyūshoku is an ever-shifting and complex program, borrowing from

the past, adapting to the times, and continuing to innovate its systems,

models, and flavors. For students, school lunch provides the means by

which to connect the home to the nation. For outside observers, it is a

system both uniquely Japanese and a model prime for international expansion

and growth. What will be the next phase of lunch? It's difficult to say.

Whatever it is, it will most likely be delicious.

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Cafeteria Culture's documentary film School Lunch in Japan —It's Not Just About Eating! 

Directed, edited and filmed by Atsuko Satake Quirk, Cafeteria Culture's media director. 

https://tinyurl.com/lohfeum  and on Vimeo at https://tinyurl.com/lffxkrd . 

School Lunch in Japan - It's Not Just About Eating! tinyurl.com Get inspired to see how Japanese students operate their lunch period! You can see why "lunch period" is placed as a learning period in Japanese schools.

Visit the Cafeteria Culture website at https://tinyurl.com/lepxwvk to learn more about their work.