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May 13 2019 8 Comments

Drunk Tokyo bar bitch?

Iโ€™ve taken a photograph of this incredibly small bar before. Back then, both the proprietor and the sole customer were passed out. This time, presumably due to space restrictions, it was two sleeping drunks inside, and one relegated to the outside.

a Japanese drunk outside a very small Tokyo bar

Categorized: Food and Drink, Photography

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  1. Coli says

    5/13/2019 at 9:02 am

    Now that the weather is getting warmer Iโ€™d imagine these kind of people will be icreasing:) perfect for seeing outside.

    It seems like there are three people passed out inside there. Or is that something else to the far left inside? I canโ€™t imagine how terrible they must feel from a night spent like that. Any ideas if food is served there?

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    • Lee says

      5/13/2019 at 9:06 pm

      Yes, definitely a noticeable increase when it starts to get warm!

      The two on the right seemed to be passed out, but the woman on the left wasn’t. She actually looked round just after I took this as the bar owner spotted me.

      Can’t say for sure, but I’d imagine that if they did serve any food, it’d be bags of crisps and the like. Simply no space to cook even if they wanted to.

      And yeah, they must feel bloody awful to say the least…

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  2. Jenn says

    5/13/2019 at 7:27 pm

    I love it. Such a funny sign to sleep under! ๐Ÿ™‚

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    • Lee says

      5/13/2019 at 9:09 pm

      It is. That area is interesting, but it’s definitely the sign that made this one.

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  3. john says

    5/13/2019 at 10:25 pm

    Just a single drink and a soporific shoe shine.

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    • Lee says

      5/14/2019 at 11:56 am

      A soporific shoe shine. I like that a lot. Both the sound of it, and the way it fits the photo.

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  4. cdilla says

    5/14/2019 at 3:12 pm

    I saw an article on the news the other day about manspreading – and this is as fine an example as I’ve seen ๐Ÿ™‚
    I love the way the guy is delicately holding his glasses.
    Two questions. What is the full text of the sign (my guess is “No Credit …”) and what is the mural on the left of? Some kind of dungeon themed night club?

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    • Lee says

      5/14/2019 at 9:21 pm

      Yeah, he may have been very drunk, but there was no way he was going to lose those glasses!

      That makes more sense. The actual sign reads, “Vanilla Bitch”. Oh, and no idea what the mural is. Just the exterior doors of another little bar. Unlike the Tardis, it’s actually smaller on the inside!

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