KABUKI KOOL Season 8 Episode 1 Edo Food in Kabuki ( Air Date 2021-04-07 ) Genre Documentary category. Overview "Kabuki often depicts traditional Japanese dishes. Actor Kataoka Ainosuke introduces scenes with several examples, and teaches us about what foods were popular in the Edo period. In "Hokaibo," a disreputable begging priest takes time off from abducting a beautiful girl for a bowl of soba noodles from a roadside stall.".