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Dec 20 2024 4 Comments

A dated old Tokyo restaurant and its owner

In Tokyo’s western suburbs, this local restaurant has been in business for 50 years. Its owner opened the place when he was only 24 years old, making the small interior a truly massive part of his life for the last half a century. How much longer he’ll keep cooking for he doesn’t know, but for now at least things will carry on like they always have done. A situation that clearly doesn’t concern him in the slightest.

A dated old Tokyo restaurant and its owner

A dated old Tokyo restaurant and its owner

A dated old Tokyo restaurant and its owner

A dated old Tokyo restaurant and its owner

Categorized: Food and Drink, Photography

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  1. Denise says

    12/20/2024 at 9:35 am

    He looks so happy in the last pic! 🙂

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    • Lee says

      12/21/2024 at 2:06 pm

      He was. A man who seemed very content and happy.

      Reply
  2. Richard says

    12/20/2024 at 6:20 pm

    Here’s hoping he can keep cooking for many more years!

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    • Lee says

      12/21/2024 at 2:07 pm

      Yes, I do hope so. He was noncommittal, but I imagine he’ll continue for a good while yet.

      Reply

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