Characters
Setting
Symbols
Themes
Misc.
100
Transsexual mother figure
Who is Eriko
100

The country Kitchen takes place in.

What is Japan?
100
Life continuing for Mikage is symbolized by this.
What is growing plants? 
100
Happens to Eriko and Grandma
What is death? 
100
The food Mikage made for Yuichi
What is soupy rice? 
200
Male love interest 
Who is Yuichi?
200
Location of Eriko's death.
What is Eriko's Club? 
200
This gives Mikage a feeling of comfort and certainty in her everyday life.
What is her kitchen?
200
Mikage and Yuichi's suffering from another's death
What is grieving?
200
This event brings Yuichi and Mikage together 
What is Mikage's grandmother's death?
300
Cooking mentor that goes by this name 
Who is Sensei?
300
Location of Mikage's cooking trip
What is Izu Peninsula?
300
Consumable comfort in a world surrounded by death.
What is food?
300
Blossoms between Mikage and Yuichi
What is love?
300
The length of time Mikage stays at Tanabe's apartment 
What is six months? 
400
Transvestite club-goer
Who is Chika?
400
Location of Yuichi's hotel.
What is Isehara?
400
This food is the manifestation of Mikage's and Yuichi's love.
What is katsudon?
400
Mikage severely lacks this, Eriko serves as defect replacement
What is maternalism? 
400
Mikage's last name 
What is Sakurai?
500
Fellow cooking assistants to Mikage.
Who is Nori and Kuri 
500
Yuichi calls Mikage from this location at the end of the book 
What is Tokyo? 
500
Eriko's change of sexuality coming to terms and embracing her femininity manifested into an object 
what is the potted pineapple?
500
Fifth stage of grief Mikage and Yuichi experience 
What is acceptance? 
500
Mikage brings this to Yuichi
What is Katsudon?
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