The Restaurant of Many Orders

Kenji Miyazawa

Two gentlemen who were hunting in the mountains got lost and ended up at a creepy Western-style restaurant called "Yamaneko-ken." Inside the restaurant, strange instructions labeled "A Restaurant with Many Orders" appeared one after another, and the two followed them. However, when they realized the true meaning of those "orders," they had already lost their escape route—. "A Restaurant with Many Orders" is a representative short fairy tale by Kenji Miyazawa. Amidst what seems like a humorous development, it contains absurd fears and sharp satire, and is known as a work that questions "human arrogance" and "the relationship with nature." With its fantastical and eerie worldview, and the intense aftertaste that lingers at the end, it is a masterpiece that deeply engraves itself in the hearts of readers.