Tourists get taste of old Japan at hidden 'snack bars'
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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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.
00:01Oh, sure.
00:02It's a jewel.
00:03Soda.
00:04Soda.
00:05Na na, na na na na.
00:08Creamy, creamy, creamy on my home floor.
00:13Mama.
00:15Mama.
00:16Ue o mukite.
00:20So let's order in Japanese.
00:22Let's try.
00:23Mama, something, something, kudasai.
00:26Oh.
00:27You don't know the name?
00:29Many young women participate in our tour because they are interested in snack bar but it's
00:46hard 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 and I've always seen the signs for snack bars
01:00but I wasn't sure how to enter them or what to do or anything like that.
01:06So this tour kind of opened the way for us to be able to experience those.
01:26You know, we have bars in America but it's just a completely different culture.
01:33I feel like in Japan they really emphasize building the community of regulars or of what
01:40not and it's not just about the drinking.
01:42It's also about being able to socialize with that tight-knit community.
01:47So I felt like that was a really fun experience.
01:56I think it's hard to communicate with strangers but when you look them in the eye and even
02:01if you don't know them, it's really fast to get along with them.
02:06You can talk to them quickly.