

Episode 7 of _Koutetsujou no Kabaneri_ brings up the point that nobody in
Japan eats rice anymore, since the rice paddies are outside the stations, and
hence overrun by the _kabane_.

This makes a lot of sense, and is a splendid bit of worldbuilding. But if they
can't grow rice, what staple food(s) do they grow and eat instead?

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Out of all the common staple foods currently eaten, it seems that potatoes (or
sweet potatoes) can provide the most calories-per-unit-area, clocking in at
about 4-5 times as much as rice. But at just 4-5 times rice's calorie/area
yield, they'd have to have lost no more than 75-80% of their arable land to
maintain the same calorie output. Judging from the sizes of the stations we've
seen, it doesn't seem plausible that they still have that much arable land -
we see the railforts driving through days of outside-station land between
stations.

Perhaps the resolution here is that Japan's population has dipped so
precipitously in the face of the _kabane_ menace that the meager amount of
land enclosed by the stations does suffice to grow enough of some other staple
crop to feed the people?


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What do people eat, if not rice?


To answer the question, I am thinking in terms of Japan, if not a manga/anime
world.

Did you forget to think of seafood? Seafood is a big delicacy in Japan,
considering all of Japan is surrounded by water. Although they must be careful
not to over-fish.

[Reference](https://www.quora.com/Do-people-in-Japan-really-eat-as-much-fish-
and-seafood-as-I-see-in-a-restaurant-menu)


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