Emiko Nakayama -- Yuu Gohan wa Curry ni Shimashou（夕ごはんはカレーにしましょう）

 

There's been quite the love affair between the Japanese and Indian cuisine for decades. I was weaned on Japanese curry since I was a kid, and I got my education on curry when I was actually residing in the country. One can throw a stone anywhere in Tokyo and the chances are pretty good that it'll hit an Indian restaurant of some sort or at least on a place serving curry. I had my first puffy piece of naan and Thai coconut curry right there. The above photo has a nice pot of Butter Chicken Curry at a restaurant near my good friend's place in Musashi-Kosugi.

Yesterday, commenter Brian noted that he did enjoy his share of foodie-based kayo so I gather that today will be his lucky day. I steered him towards Akiko Yano's（矢野顕子）tongue-in-cheek "Ramen Tabetai"（ラーメン食べたい）and now I introduce him to "Yuu Gohan wa Curry ni Shimashou" (Let's Have Curry for Supper). Emiko Nakayama's（中山恵美子）6th single from December 1975 possibly had the benefit of good timing since with the cold coming in by the time of the record's release, folks were probably more than happy to have a steaming plate of curry rice.

In fact, I found out on Twitter that the song was used as a commercial jingle for Japan's Bon Curry Gold and it does have that catchy jingle feeling that would get the kids and parents slavering for some of that curry. Ken Sato（佐藤健）and Kenichi Sawa（沢健一）were responsible for the melody and arrangement respectively while Fumiko Okada（岡田富美子）provided the food-friendly lyrics. Not sure how "Yuu Gohan wa Curry ni Shimashou" did on Oricon, but it probably spurred a lot of purchases of curry mix in the supermarkets. Ironically, I had some leftover curry for supper last night myself.

In another bit of coincidence, my first Emiko Nakayama article back in 2015 was for her "Black Coffee"（ブラックコーヒー）, so have a gander at that for some further foodie-based kayo.