Down a Tokyo street lined with bright signs, up narrow stairs and behind a windowless door is a "snack bar" long cherished by regulars but hidden from tourists -- until now.
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00:00Thank you, good luck with her.
00:02She's a Jew.
00:03Soda.
00:04Soda!
00:20So let's order in Japanese, let's try.
00:23Mama, something something, kudasai.
00:26Oh.
00:27You don't know?
00:29No.
00:39Many young women participate in our tour
00:44because they are interested in snackware
00:46but it's hard for them to open the door by themselves.
00:50So we offer this kind of tour and we prepare the guide.
00:55So I've been in Japan for a little while
00:58and I've always seen the signs for snack bars
01:00but I wasn't sure how to enter them or what to do
01:05or anything like that.
01:06So this tour kind of opened the way
01:09for us to be able to experience those.
01:11Thank you.
01:27You know, we have bars in America
01:30but it's just a completely different culture.
01:33I feel like in Japan they really emphasize
01:37building the community of regulars or whatnot
01:40and it's not just about the drinking.
01:42It's also about being able to socialize
01:44with that tight-knit community.
01:46So I felt like that was a really fun experience.
02:10You're gorgeous!
02:13Thank you!