The Restaurant of Many Orders facts for kids

"The Restaurant of Many Orders" (Japanese: 注文の多い料理店, romanized: Chūmon no ōi ryōriten) is a short story by the Japanese author Kenji Miyazawa.

Synopsis

Two gentlemen from the city went to a forest in the mountains to hunt. Dressed like British hunters, they had as companions two large white dogs. However, after a day of hunting, they have failed to capture any game. Deep in the mountains, they are separated from their guide, and the forest begins to take on a sinister air. Their dogs howl, then foam at the mouth and fall dead. The two gentlemen discuss their monetary losses, then decide to return home. Finding themselves hungry, they soon spot an elegant Western-style building with the sign “Restaurant Wildcat House” hung across the entrance. Despite the bizarre emergence of this fine restaurant deep in the mountains, the two are so hungry that they decide to enter the restaurant. There, they find glass door with peculiar orders: “Please come in. No reservations necessary.”

Film Adaptations

• 1958 - Chūmon no ōi ryōriten (puppet animation)
• 1993 - Chūmon no ōi ryōriten (animation)
• 2012 - Chūmon no ōi ryōriten (in Bungo sasayaka na yokubo)

TV Adaptations

• Getsuyō Onna no Suspense (Bungo series)
  • Aired December 10, 1990 (TV Tokyo)
• 80nen go no Kenji - Miyzawa Kenji Eizō Dōwa shū
  • Aired February 20, 2013 (NHK BS Premium) commemorating 80th anniversary of Miyazawa Kenji's death.
  • Director: Shibue Shūhei
  • Cast: Yoshiyoshi Arakawa, Sarutoki Minagawa, Yasoda Yūichi