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Sep 05 2014 12 Comments

Tokyo past and present in a tiny bar

This bar has featured on Tokyo Times before, albeit from a slightly different angle. But whichever way you choose to frame it, the sense of past and present is always a feature.

Tokyo past and present in a tiny bar

Categorized: Food and Drink, Photography

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  1. Dean says

    9/5/2014 at 7:04 pm

    Very cool. My kinda place for sure. Trying to figure out if the young guy in the hat is happy with you or not! 😉

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    • Lee says

      9/5/2014 at 11:04 pm

      Happy to say he was fine with it. Or certainly not unhappy. Definitely more grin than grimace!

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  2. June says

    9/5/2014 at 8:13 pm

    Great pic. Super cosy!

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    • Lee says

      9/5/2014 at 11:07 pm

      Thanks! Yeah, cosy is a good description for this and many other places. And the limited space does make for a good atmosphere.

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  3. AF says

    9/6/2014 at 1:19 pm

    Wow… Now I am curious about what is being cooked in that big pot. Any idea?

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    • Lee says

      9/6/2014 at 4:49 pm

      Motsunabe. Offal or guts stew I guess in English. Not my thing to be honest (liver or heart on a stick is about my limit), but it’s a very popular dish. Interested in giving it a try?

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      • Hans Ter Horst says

        9/6/2014 at 9:54 pm

        I had it, tastes pretty good, I didn’t wonder too much about where it came from and actually loved it.

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        • Lee says

          9/6/2014 at 11:27 pm

          For me it’s not the taste. Which to be honest I quite like. But rather the texture. All a little bit too chewy…

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      • AF says

        9/7/2014 at 5:32 am

        Yeah, well, hmmmm… I guess it would be good if I could check the smell first before eating. (noses are good friends when it comes to food).

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        • Lee says

          9/7/2014 at 1:48 pm

          They are. The smell is good. In fact the taste is too. It’s simply the texture that I have a problem with.

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  4. Hans Ter Horst says

    9/6/2014 at 3:35 pm

    Heaps of atmosphere! Really too bad I only visit Japan every 2 years to see the in-laws, I wanna go now! 🙂

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    • Lee says

      9/6/2014 at 4:50 pm

      Such places really are tough to beat, aren’t they? But hang in there. You’ll be back before you know it!

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