Japanese do not believe in artificial, external heat as a means to health in cold weather.
Here are sample menus of the food eaten by a healthy adult person in a Japanese family where the cost of living is not a troublesome consideration:
SUMMER
Breakfast.—Fruit, a bowl of rice, a small portion of cooked fresh fish, and a bowl of tea.
Luncheon.—Very often nothing is eaten but fruit, sometimes augmented by a very little rice; or vegetables in small quantity, either alone or with a little rice are taken.
Dinner.—Rice with fresh fish, and two or three vegetables, such as tomatoes, onions, carrots, radishes, celery, lettuce, turnips, cabbage (raw), and spinach either uncooked or boiled. Tea, of course, is part of the meal.
WINTER
Breakfast.—Rice with fresh fish, or more often with dried fish; possibly a hard-boiled egg or two, and browned rice cakes, with tea. Dried fruits, either uncooked or stewed are often served.
