restaurants

kyoto-1-15

kyoto-1-15

A set of Japanese menus photographed through the glass window of a restaurant, with the camera, its owner, and cars in the street showing vaguely in the reflection. The menus are headed (in English translation, rendering “yakitori” awkwardly as “skewer,” since all listed dishes aren’t “tori” aka chicken) “Charcoal Grilled Skewers,” “Special Fried Skewers,” and “Salads.”
sakushima-1-43

sakushima-1-43

A two storey building with a peaked roof of glazed ceramic tiles and eaves finished in white plaster, with charcoal blackened cladding. A single story annex with the same finish connects this building, to the right in the frame, with a similar partner to the left.
sakushima-1-45

sakushima-1-45

A black bicycle with blue panniers parked in front of coffee shop with a sign reading (in English translation): Waraku Coffee / Morning service 6:00–13:00 / Open hours 6:00–evening / All year / Sunday closing time 18:00
kokokei-1-04

kokokei-1-04

A one-story building behind a rusting guardrail, with a patio fronting onto a large pond. A large Confederate flag is emblazoned on the side of the building.
kokokei-1-06

kokokei-1-06

A close-up view of the entrance to the restaurant, a building in the style of a fast-food restaurant, with clapboard siding, decorated with two Confederate flags, one of which has a large white smiley face in the center. A sign on the side of the building reads “LaidBack.” A wagon wheel, a guitar, and American flag, and some other paraphernalia are arranged beside the entrance.
kokokei-1-04

kokokei-1-04

A one-story building behind a rusting guardrail, with a patio fronting onto a large pond. A large Confederate flag is emblazoned on the side of the building.
kokokei-1-06

kokokei-1-06

A close-up view of the entrance to the restaurant, a building in the style of a fast-food restaurant, with clapboard siding, decorated with two Confederate flags, one of which has a large white smiley face in the center. A sign on the side of the building reads “LaidBack.” A wagon wheel, a guitar, and American flag, and some other paraphernalia are arranged beside the entrance.
tsukuba-1-11

tsukuba-1-11

A restaurant entrance, too dark to see anything but the sign over the entrance, which reads (transliterated): “Te-uchi udon / Yamabiko Benten”
gero-1-27

gero-1-27

A street corner cluttered with a concrete power poll, several traffic signs, power lines, and a progression of three grey, nondescript buildings of, from nearest to farthest, one story, two stories, and three stories. A sign in front of the nearest building reads, “Ruck Cafe”.
gero-1-34

gero-1-34

A dutch-angle view of the entrance to a shop, with a triangular patch of concreted parking lot in brilliant sunshine in the foreground. The entrance is screened lattice paneling fashioned from 2x2s on 2-inch spacing. A sign etched and stained in a rough-edged wooden slab over the entrance reads (in English translation) “Founded in Meiji 28 (1895) / Asagorō / Odamaki Vendor