Ito-san, Yuki's father and propieter of Fujiya, is inbetween me and Arie. He made the impressive tables and stools that you see in the pictures as well. The other three fellows are regulars who come by to drink everyday, the one on the far left lives next door. After imbibing copious amounts of nihonshu (sake) we chatted with these fellows. In fact, I think we met everyone drinking in the izakaya, there were a couple of families and some other locals tying one on for Friday. The food was great-a combination of hearty servings and fresh ingredients.
We started off with a mixed serving of tempura and unagi (eel) in a sweet sauce. This was followed by edamame (salted green beans great with beer), meshi soba (fried rice mixed with fried noodles), gyoza (fried dumplings), yaki soba (fried noodles), a vegetable that I was unfamiliar with (I forget what it's called) cooked in egg, and kawaebi (river shrimp which is another popular snack to have while drinking-see the picture below). Needless to say we couldn't finish it all, and had to switch to nihonshu, because we were so full.
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