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to recuperate for the workday different plates of food, very “It is quite an ahead, when it will all begin much the way we do with our unforgiving again. The name izakaya comes tapas, along with drinks. Work work culture. from i = to stay and sakaya = drinks in the UK usually begin Even when sake shop. For a small fee of on a Friday night and continue around 900yen (the equivalent throughout the weekend, contheir regulation of about £4) you can partake workday is over, versely, the Japanese usually keep in a nomihoudai which roughly their weekends free for family there is often translates to ‘bottomless cup’ while weekdays are set aside for a huge sense - or as we know it, ‘all-youwork and going out. of guilt about can-drink’. In the UK, it’s not leaving on time.” Tokyo has been a whirlwind, a city uncommon to head to the pub after work and sink a few pints full of reverence and all things on a relatively empty stomach, and then quirky. A visit to Tokyo can be a bit like indulge in something greasy from a van on taking a time machine into the future, but the way home. In Japan, it’s more common conversely the traditions and culture it’s to sit down in an izakaya and order a few comprised of is deeply rooted in the past.
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If you’re looking for somewhere to spend your next holiday, perhaps you’ll consider a place where animals and hot drinks go hand in hand, where kawaii rules, and where toilet seats open as you approach them. Any time spent here is too brief. Tokyo’s packed train
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“Trains are never more than a minute late, very reasonably priced and extremely clean.”
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