Generally speaking, although having undergone modernization, nihon-ryori dishes still maintain the reminiscence of eating before modern times when people collected food by themselves and prepared their own tableware.
総じていえば、日本料理は近代化の洗礼を受けながら、自分で食材を採集し、食器を整えた前近代の食事事情の名残を今なお残しているといえよう。