Seasons & episodes
S0 · E12014 Summer Special: Business Trip Episode 2014-08-09 · 48 min
Mackerel-Sesame and Young fowl soup-taki of Nakasu, Hakata Ward, Fukuoka City, Fukuoka Prefecture Goro goes on a business trip to Fukuoka Prefecture, Kyushu. He arrives in Hakata Ward on a hot summer day. He visits an old friend, Okumura (Nakamura Yuji) the proprietor of a shop in Doll Alley. On a walk, he happens upon "Miyake Udon" and decides to try Fukuoka-style udon. After a long awkward presentation at the Chamber of Commerce, Goro checks in at a hotel in Nakasu. Happening upon a side street he is struck by hunger spots an izakaya called "Kazutomi". Peeking inside, he is spotted by a customer and invited in by the shop's proprietress (Lily). Immediately identified as a Tokyoite and non-drinker, Goro's unease is distracted by the menu of Fukuoka soul food prepared with a unique twist by the shop's Taisho.
S0 · E22016 New Year's Special: Midwinter Hokkaido Asahikawa Business Trip Edition 2016-01-01 · 50 min
Shinkoyaki and Crab Crea~m Croquettes of Asahikawa, Hokkaido
S0 · E32016 Summer Special: Midsummer Tohoku-Miyagi Business Trip Edition 2016-08-03 · 58 min
Kodoku no Gurume 2016 SP: Manatsu no Tohoku-Miyagi Shucchou-hen
S0 · E42017 New Year's Special: Inogashira Goro no Nagai Tsuitachi 2017-01-02 · 53 min
Our protaganist Inogashira Goro (Matsushige Yutaka) is working at the start of the New Year. It starts with a strange dream while taking a short nap inside his car which reminded him how hungry he feels. He tries to revisit two of the shops where he went before but for reasons, he cannot eat there. He decides to settle for any good shop he can find within the area where he has a job. He found a nearby shop called "Saisai Shokudou" which serves delicious Shanghai home cooked meals. Unfamiliar with the cuisine, he asks proprietress (Miyazaki Yoshiko) to help him choose the dishes. Later he goes to Tsudanuma, Chiba Prefecture where persistent client Sugihara (Kitamura Soichiro) asks him to stay at an office to continue working on a proposal. Before he knows it, it is already late in the night. Feeling hungry once again, he goes off to find some place to eat. He discovers a steakhouse called "Texas"...
S0 · E52017 New Year's Eve Special: Tabe Osame! Setouchi Shuccho-hen 2017-12-31 · 76 min
a 76 minute SP, that stars Matsushige Yutaka in his signature role of Inogashira Goro, the foodie merchant, who prefers to eat alone. This time, Goro spends the last two days of the year traveling to Setouchi region in Western Japan, visiting and tasting the cuisine of three prefectures, Kagawa, Ehime, and Hiroshima. This is the series's first special to be shown on the last remaining hours of New Year's Eve. And it is also the first time that it features a live opening segment, with manga author Qusumi Masayuki, plus a surprise at the end! This special also stars Kimura Midoriko, Yamamura Momiji, Dankan, Takehara Shinji, and Emoto Akira
S0 · E62018 New Year's Eve Special: Kyoto-Nagoya Business Trip Edition 2018-12-31 · 76 min
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S0 · E72019 New Year's Eve Special Urgent Order! Narita~Fukuoka~Busan Bullet Business Trip Edition 2019-12-31 · 76 min
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S0 · E82020 New Year's Eve Special 2020-12-31 · 70 min
In this year's New Year's SP, Goro continues to work and to dine alone. However, the Corona virus pandemic and lockdown have affected shops as well as Goro's business. Despite that, Goro continues to work hard, and eat the food that he enjoys while practicing precautions against the virus. For New Year's Eve, he was tasked to arrange a secret fireworks show for a client. The grumpy fireworks maker agreed to the job but since it's a busy season, Goro himself has to handle all the arrangements and set up. Will Goro be able to pull off a fireworks show by himself? The start and ending of the SP were filmed live! This SP also stars: Takahashi Katsumi, Ohkura Koji, Watanabe Makiko, Ikezu Shoko, Tsuda Kanji
S0 · E92021 New Year's Eve Special 2021-12-31 · 76 min
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S0 · E102022 New Year's Eve Special 2022-12-31 · 74 min
Inokashira Goro (Matsushige) will travel in Hokkaido for two days and one night. He originally went to Tsukiji to work, but was entrusted by a client, hoping that he could help send things to relatives living in Hokkaido, so the story begins.
S0 · E112023 New Year's Eve Special 2023-12-31 · 74 min
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S0 · E122024 New Year's Eve Special 2024-12-31 · 74 min
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S0 · E132025 New Year's Eve Special: Second Helpings are Delivered by Goro Himself 2025-12-31 · 68 min
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S1 · E1Yakitori and Yaki Meshi of Monzen-Nakacho, Koto Ward 2012-01-04 · 24 min
Inogashira Goro (Matsushige Yutaka) gets a call from a female client who runs a cafe in Monzen-Nakacho. He sets up a meeting with her at her cafe, delighted with the prospect of visiting the town which he hadn't seen since he was a student. Afterwards, he visits an antique store located in that neighborhood as well. Feeling the pangs of hunger, he looks around for a place to eat until he pauses in front of a yakitori shop called 'Shosuke..."
S1 · E2Boiled Fish Set of Komagome, Toshima Ward 2012-01-11 · 24 min
Inogashira-san travels to Komagome as requested by an old-time customer of his, a gallery owner. Having finished early with his appointment, he decides to have an early supper. He looks around in an unfamiliar neighborhood and even gets distracted by a group of old men playing shogi. Finally, he stops before "Washoku-tei," a home-cooked style restaurant that serves set meals...
S1 · E3Dan Dan Noodles Without Soup of Ikebukuro, Toshima Ward 2012-01-18 · 24 min
Inogashira-san visits the bustling commercial town of Ikebukuro to meet with a client from a model room company, and to scout for a possible new office location. He also buys from his favorite store. He notices many Chinese restaurants that have sprouted in the streets, and decides to have Chinese food for his lunch. Later, a sign catches his eye and it reads, 'Chinese Home-Cooking Yan...'
S1 · E4Shizuoka Oden of Urayasu, Chiba Prefecture 2012-01-25 · 24 min
Our solitary protagonist travels outside Tokyo, this time to Chiba where he has an appointment with a staff from a popular wedding venue. Inogashira-san arrives in Shin-Urayasu, and marvels at the Western American-style lay-out of the town. Later on, his tour of the wedding facilities brings up certain memories for him... the time when he was in Paris with a famous actress. He ponders whether he has regrets about not ending up with her, and yet gets distracted by feelings of hunger. He goes in search for a place to eat and ends up in a stylish restaurant known as "Loco Dish..."
S1 · E5Oyako-Don and Yaki-Udon of Eifuku, Suginami Ward 2012-02-01 · 24 min
It had been a bad week for Inogashira-san. The lone merchant is in the doldrums after experiencing several set-backs in his dry goods business. He travels to Eifuku, Suginami to get some fresh air and to meet with an old friend. However, his meeting fails to push through and so he ends up whiling away his time fishing alone at "Musashino-en Fishing Pond." He experiences a sudden need to eat, and decides to try out the fishing facilities' own canteen...
S1 · E6Grilled Garlic Porkloin of Saginomiya, Nakano Ward 2012-02-08 · 24 min
Inogashira-san is in Saginomiya, Nakano to see a client who owns a hair salon. After a bizarre meeting with her, he goes off to visit a long-time friend and confidante. But before that, he gets sidetracked by a store that sells confectioneries. Then, finally, he arrives at his friend's store but is taken aback by what he sees. Later on, he seeks for a place to satisfy his hunger. So he decides to partake on a heavy-duty pork meal at a tonkatsu shop called "Miyako-ya"...
S1 · E7A Cafe's Neapolitan Pasta in Kichijoji, Musashino City 2012-02-15 · 24 min
The lone merchant who says he can "eat anything," has had a sudden attack of indecision. His inability to decide on what and where to eat begins when he arrives in the casual, vibrant town of Kichijoji. This made him late for his meeting with a client - an owner of a jazz cafe. Afterwards, Inogashira-san finds himself back to his dilemma as he goes around town deciding where to eat. Finally, an odd feeling made him stop in front of a restaurant called "Kayashima." He steps inside and looks over the menu, only to get lost in the maze of varied dishes being offered...
S1 · E8Hitori Yakiniku (Grilled Meat For One) of Hatcho-nawate, Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture 2012-02-22 · 24 min
After seeing off a client/friend at the airport, Inogashira-san passes through the Keihin Industrial Zone. Before embarking on a long drive back home, he stops and idly watches the view of steel infrastructure frameworks of the zone's steel mills and oil refineries from a distance. He is hypnotized and impressed by their immense size, towering smokestacks and complex design. And yet, it also somehow, reminds him of... well, food, most particularly, yakiniku. He goes in search of a yakiniku eatery in Hatcho-nawate, Kawasaki and settles for "Tsuruya" which offers solitary dining for individual customers. It's perfect for a ravenous lone wolf like Inogashira-san!
S1 · E9Hiroshima-Style Okonomi-yaki of Shimokitazawa, Setagaya Ward 2012-02-29 · 24 min
Inogashira-san spends a day-off watching his friend's play in Shimokitazawa. Somehow, he falls asleep towards the end of the play. Later, he learns that the lead actress had run off. He finds her afterwards wandering in the streets and decides to follow her, while tasting the street food along the way. He ends up introducing himself to the young lady, who in turn opens up to him about her troubles. Inogashira-san may not be able to offer words of comfort but at least he was able to give her his take-out food, hoping it would be enough to console her. He leaves and realizes he has yet one more thing to console... his own tummy. He goes off and stumbles upon "Hiroki," a shop that serves teppan-yaki and Hiroshima-style okonomi-yaki...
S1 · E10Ginger Pork Rice Bowl with Fried Egg of Higashi-Nagasaki, Toshima Ward 2012-03-07 · 24 min
For his next appointment, Inogashira-san goes to Toshima Ward. He stops and buys from a cheerful fruit vendor who has a knack for telling puns. Then, he meets up with his client from the movie industry who in turn has a propensity to talk using mimetic words. Afterwards, Inogashira-san takes a stroll through a park and happily gazes at hard-working students from a nearby arts college, practicing their required routines. His growling tummy reminds him that it's time to eat so he goes back to a place where a diner had earlier caught his eye. It was "Dining Sekizawa," an eatery that offers a myriad of home-made, affordable set meals...
S1 · E11Extra Spicy Curry Rice at a Nomiya (Tavern) in Nezu, Bunkyo Ward 2012-03-14 · 24 min
It's been three years since a friend of Inogashira, a weaving teacher, opened a French goods shop. He visits her and her shop in Nezu, Bunkyo, and was delighted to find her adjusting well. He notices that she is suited to her neighborhood with its warmth and laid-back atmosphere. After he takes his leave, he realizes he needs to go to the bathroom. A bit embarrassed, he had no choice but to use the facility of the nearest shop he could find, a nomiya or a drinking/eating establishment called "Sumire." Since he is feeling hungry, he decides to stay after finding out that not only drinks are being served but real meals as well. But then, an unruly drunk steps inside the shop...