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Experience Dining

Whats the difference between a good (dining) experience and feeling like you're part of a manufacturing/manufactured process?

Good dining: Bachi Bachi (photos) is an busy, informal, friendly 1950s themed okonomiyaki restaurant in Sakura Shin Machi, Tokyo. Sufficiently lived in, and popular with the local community.

One to avoid: themed Ninja Restaurant in Akasaka. Good food, but all guests are taken on a guided tour of the 'ninja village' by an appropriately dressed ninja prior to finding your seat. Never mind that some guests were struggling with luggage, and the tour ended up back at the entrance dispelling any sense of mystique.

Writing from Sakura Shinmachi | April 24, 2005 | Permalink