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A father and son in Tokyo are continuing the centuries-old tradition of making tsukudani, a preserved Japanese food.

Although washoku has been enshrined as ‘traditional Japanese food’, it wasn’t popularised until relatively recently. Nullumayulife/Flickr, CC BY.

The food is almost secondary, when you’ve got commanding views of the Lake, Streeterville and River North. Miru does, afterall, mean “view” in Japanese.

Unlike traditional Japanese recipes for tonkotsu or shoyu ramen, ... Editor’s note: This recipe was originally published in May 2016 as part of an office lunch series.