Last orders? Soaring costs and declining demand take toll on Japan’s legendary izakaya | Japan
IInside a commercial building in Tokyo's Shinbashi neighborhood, office workers in the Year of the Snake have hardly lost their desire to share Japanese food and drink draft beer. Packed with plates of charcoal-grilled chicken, bowls of edamame, and flasks of hot sake. the call of “welcome! ” We welcome a new group of customers. […]