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In a japanese chinese restaurant near the Myouhouji(妙法寺: a famous temple of Nitirenshuu(日蓮宗)in Tokyo ) they serve this bowl of Raamen called "Yoichi Ramen".
Yoichi Nasu is a famous name as a greatest archer in Japanese history.
In the Twelveth century there was a big battle between the two warrier groupes.
In a battle of a beach, a boat floats out from a big ship. A woman on a boat uses a fan and indicates an another fan on a pole. It is a challenge and play from the white flag groupe to the red flag groupe which have just succeeded to suprise attack. (The young general of the red groupe is a specialist of supprise attack. ) A young archer rides his horse into the sea and shoot it. The arrow hits the fan and the fan flys onto the waves of the sea. The reds cry the victory and the ships of the whites sail away to the western sea.
In the center of this bowl two pieces of Nasu(=egg plant).
The taste is good. It is so wonderful on a cold day.