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The Night Owl · Haruki · Tokyo

Omoide Yokocho

Shinjuku · scene_bars · $

I know it sounds like a tourist stop. Go on a Wednesday when the office workers are there. It becomes a completely different place.

Memory Lane. Tiny yakitori stalls under Shinjuku station. Smoke-filled, shoulder-to-shoulder, loud. The rawest social bar scene in the city.

— Haruki, The Night Owl
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