Her native Okinawa that she left over 40 years ago must have changed enormously, but the bar this strong-willed Mama-san runs in Tokyo most certainly hasn’t. Or at least not since the 1970s.
A space that in many ways is more like an extended living room than a bar, allowing customers, with the accompaniment of a couple of beers, to feel completely at home.
Hans Ter Horst says
Amazing place, lots of atmosphere! Everybody seems to be more and more relaxed around you photographing them
Lee says
Yeah, it was an interesting little bar. The Mama-san was quite a character too.
All down to the booze I think. I’m bolder, and those around me are more relaxed. The perfect situation really.
Hans ter Horst says
Just rereading Dance Dance Dance (Murakami Haruki — I know, not his best but still very enjoyable) in which I came across the following quote: “I went into a small bar I remembered, and had a few drinks and a bite to eat. The place was dirty, noisy, cheap, and good. The kind of hole-in-the-wall I always look for when I have to eat out alone. I can talk to myself and nobody listens or cares.”
Cool the read that the ‘boku’ personages in Murakami Haruki’s books like the same places 🙂
Lee says
It is. Cheers for the passage. Sums those wonderful little places up perfectly, doesn’t it?
Martin B says
Looks like the perfect place to chill out with a few cold beers.
Lee says
Yeah, it wasn’t bad. Not bad at all.
An Expat says
Kinda makes one wanna buy a ticket and fly over for a beer and comfort food.
Lee says
That’d be as good a reason as any.