Appearance is often everything in Japan, but it appears that this restaurant may well be suffering from its potential punters hunger to combat the current financial crisis, rather than curb any company or comfort food cravings.
Recession hit restaurant?
Karasu says
Heh, apparently those odd “Engrishy” names like “Great Panda Buffet” or “Hunan Lotus King” aren’t just for Chinese restaurants in the US? This one seems to be a Chinese restaurant going by “Scent of Orchid Garden” or some variation thereof.
kayne says
love that picture
seen many places like that in japan. reminds me of a place near Shimonseki called Habu?
everything was shut, boarded up. people scuttled about and looked at me like i was some tumbleweed that had blown in. i love those places.
i also loved looking at those abandoned cottages that you took photos of and uploaded. i’ve love to explore some places like that myself in japan when i go back there next year. how on earth did you find them?
Lee says
Thanks kayne, happy to hear the picture struck a chord of sorts.
As for the abandoned buildings, the vast majority I have found through a Japanese haikyo (abandoned buildings) book. And there are the odd ones I’ve been lucky enough to come across when I’ve been out and about.