Thermae Romae

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The main characters somehow implant lifestyles, knowledge, science, technology and more from the future to the past. Both of them are very intelligent. <>Thermae Romae: in Rome and Japan, Sengoku Komachi Kuroutan: in Japan of the 1500s 

Adult men who've got a cultural profession in the ancient Roman/Greek times, teleport to Japan in the 20th-21st century, gain their cultural knowledge and then go back to their own time period to implement the various ideas they've received with lots of success every single chapter. *Lots of comedy and SOL! <> Thermae Romae's MC is not as shy as Olympia Kyklos's, so it reads more fluently, though they're both from the same author so she knows how to still make it entertaining.  

As both mangas share in Yamazaki Mari part of credits to story & art the transistion between the reading of the two works is seamless: characters are quite likeable and trivia about Ancient Roman culture give both works interesting breaks from the story. 

Both are series that strongly incorporate the concept of "culture shock" (to a positive effect). While Izakaya's domain is pretty much entirely food-based (i.e., introducing contemporary Japanese cuisine to a vaguely ancient Roman setting), Thermae Romae covers a wide variety of things (although primarily about architecture). 

Jin and Thermae Romae are both series that are focused on a protagonist who finds themselves the victim of spontaneous time-travel, using their knowledge of modern customs and technologies in order to further their craft for the good of others within the time period they reside. While Jin is about a modern Japanese surgeon stuck in the Edo period of Japan, Thermae Romae is about an ancient Roman architect traveling forward in time to modern Japan. 

Both series talk about the inner workings of a mundane subject. Baths for TR and bread for YJ. Add a dash of surreal comedy and you have charming series that not only make you laugh but genuinely teach you something new.