UMitsuru Kakimoto, ilungu le-Japanese Vegetarian Society uyabhala: “Ukuhlola engakwenza emazweni angu-80 aseNtshonalanga, kuhlanganise nabaseMelika, abaseBrithani nabaseCanada, kwabonisa ukuthi cishe ingxenye yabo ikholelwa ukuthi ukudla imifino kwaqala eNdiya. Abanye abaphendulile baphakamise ukuthi indawo yokuzalwa kwe-vegetarianism yi-China noma i-Japan. Kimina kubonakala sengathi isizathu esiyinhloko siwukuthi ukudla imifino nobuBuddha kuhlotshaniswa naseNtshonalanga, futhi lokhu akumangalisi. Eqinisweni, sinazo zonke izizathu zokugomela ukuthi “.
I-Gishi-Wajin-Den, incwadi yomlando waseJapane eyabhalwa eShayina ekhulwini lesithathu BC, ithi: “Azikho izinkomo kulelo zwe, azikho amahhashi, azikho amahlosi, azikho izingwe, azikho izimbuzi, azikho izimpethu ezitholakala kulelizwe. Isimo sezulu sipholile futhi abantu badla imifino emisha ehlobo nasebusika.” Kubonakala sengathi,. Baphinde babamba izinhlanzi namagobolondo, kodwa bengayidli nhlobo inyama.
Ngaleso sikhathi, iJapane yayibuswa inkolo yobuShinto, ngokuyisisekelo eyayisekelwe ekukhulekeleni amandla emvelo. Ngokomlobi uSteven Rosen, ezinsukwini zokuqala zobuShinto, abantu ngenxa yokuvinjelwa kokuchithwa kwegazi.
Eminyakeni engamakhulu ambalwa kamuva, ubuBuddha bafika eJapane, futhi amaJapane ayeka ukuzingela nokudoba. Ekhulwini lesikhombisa, uMpress Jito waseJapane wakhuthaza ukukhululwa kwezilwane ekuthunjweni futhi wasungula iziqiwi lapho ukuzingela kwakungavunyelwe khona.
Ngo-676 AD Umbusi waseJapane owayebusa ngaleso sikhathi u-Tenmu wamemezela umthetho owenqabela ukudliwa kwezinhlanzi nezimbaza, kanye nenyama yezilwane neyenkukhu.
Phakathi namakhulu eminyaka angu-12 kusukela esikhathini sikaNara kuya ekwakhiweni Kabusha kweMeiji engxenyeni yesibili yekhulu le-19, amaJapane ayedla izitsha zemifino kuphela. Ukudla okwakuphambili kwakuyilayisi, imidumba nemifino. Ukudoba kwakuvunyelwe kuphela ngamaholide. (reri kusho ukupheka).
Igama lesiJapane elithi shojin liyinguqulo yesiSanskrit ye-vyria, okusho ukuba kuhle nokugwema okubi. Abapristi abangamaBuddha ababefunda eShayina baletha emathempelini abo umkhuba wokupheka ngokuzincisha injabulo ngenjongo yokukhanyiselwa, ngokuvumelana ngokuqinile nezimfundiso zikaBuddha.
Ekhulwini le-13, uDogen, umsunguli wehlelo leSoto-Zen, wanikeza . UDogen wafunda izimfundiso zeZen phesheya eChina ngesikhathi soBukhosi beNgoma. Wakha isethi yemithetho yokusetshenziswa kwe-vegetarian cuisine njengendlela yokukhanyisa ingqondo.
Kwaba nomthelela omkhulu kubantu baseJapane. Ukudla okunikezwa emcimbini wetiye kubizwa ngokuthi i-Kaiseki ngesiJapane, okusho ukuthi "itshe lesifuba". Izindela ezazizincisha injabulo zazicindezela amatshe ashisayo esifubeni ukuze zicime indlala. Igama elithi Kaiseki ngokwalo selisho ukudla okulula, futhi leli siko libe nomthelela omkhulu ekudleni kwaseJapane.
“Ithempeli Lenkomo Ehlatshiwe” liseShimoda. Yakhiwa ngokushesha ngemva kokuba iJapane ivule iminyango yayo eNtshonalanga ngawo-1850. Yakhiwe ngenjongo yokuhlonipha inkomo yokuqala eyabulawa, iphawula ukwephulwa kokuqala kwemithetho yamaBuddha emelene nokudla inyama.
Esikhathini sanamuhla, uMiyazawa, umbhali waseJapane kanye nembongi yasekuqaleni kwekhulu lama-20, wakha inoveli echaza umhlangano oqanjiwe wemifino. Imibhalo yakhe yaba neqhaza elibalulekile ekukhuthazeni ukudla imifino. Namuhla, asikho nesisodwa isilwane esidliwayo ezindlini zezindela zeZen Buddhist, futhi amahlelo amaBuddha anjengeSao Dai (eyadabuka eNingizimu Vietnam) angaziqhayisa.
Izimfundiso zamaBuddha akuzona ukuphela kwesizathu sokuthuthukiswa kokudla imifino eJapane. Ngasekupheleni kwekhulu le-19, uDkt. Gensai Ishizuka washicilela incwadi yemfundo lapho ayekhuthaza khona ukudla kwezemfundo egcizelela ilayisi elinsundu nemifino. Inqubo yakhe ibizwa ngokuthi i-macrobiotics futhi isekelwe kufilosofi yasendulo yamaShayina, ezimisweni ze-Yin ne-Yang ne-Doasism. Abantu abaningi baba abalandeli benkolelo-mbono yakhe yemithi yokuvimbela. I-macrobiotics yaseJapane idinga ukudla irayisi elinsundu njengengxenye yokudla, nemifino, ubhontshisi kanye nokhula lwasolwandle.
Ngo-1923, kwashicilelwa incwadi ethi The Natural Diet of Man. Umlobi, uDkt. Kellogg, uyabhala: “. Udla inhlanzi kanye noma kabili ngenyanga kanye nenyama kanye ngonyaka.” Le ncwadi ichaza ukuthi ngo-1899, umbusi waseJapane wamisa kanjani ikhomishana eyayizonquma ukuthi isizwe sakhe sasidinga yini ukudla inyama ukuze abantu baqine. Ikhomishana yaphetha ngokuthi “amaJapane abelokhu ekwazi ukuphila ngaphandle kwawo, futhi amandla awo, ukukhuthazela nokuqina kwawo kwezemidlalo kungaphezu kwanoma yimiphi imijaho yaseCaucasia. Ukudla okuyisisekelo eJapan irayisi.
Futhi, amaShayina, amaSiamese, amaKorea kanye nabanye abantu baseMpumalanga banamathela ekudleni okufanayo. .
UMitsuru Kakimoto uyaphetha: “AmaJapane aqala ukudla inyama eminyakeni engaba ngu-150 edlule futhi okwamanje ahlushwa izifo ezibangelwa ukudla ngokweqile kwamafutha ezilwane nobuthi obusetshenziswa kwezolimo. Lokhu kubakhuthaza ukuthi bafune ukudla okungokwemvelo nokuphephile futhi babuyele ekudleni okungokwesiko kwaseJapane futhi.”