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I giapponesi e il fumo

In Japan, the street can not be 'smoking. On the sidewalks, on the platforms of the trains and subways, smoking is prohibited in public areas. Signs or other very austere enough fun and funny (like this one right) , inform that it is absolutely forbidden to smoke . if one just wants to light a cigarette smoking area must seek : small "islands" equipped with ashtrays, where people can smoke.

Bello .. yes .. but the funny thing is that instead in restaurants and you can 'smoke .


what is the logic? as the Japanese do not they never do things by chance I've thought and thought. and I realized that the Japanese prohibit smoking on the street not for health reasons, but for hygiene (to prevent people throw butts on the ground, across Tokyo, I have not seen even one!).
fact in enclosed spaces you can 'smoke because they are convenient ashtray.
Funny, eh?
ah there are also smoking carriages on trains. I remember a trip to Shirahama - Tokyo in 3 hours in the car smoking (because there was no room) .. sob ..

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A cena da Kill Bill

who has seen the beautiful film of Tarantino can not but recall the scene of the 88 wild in which Uma Thurman before challenging Lucy Liu, has to fight with as many as 88 mad bloodthirsty warriors . The scene takes place in a restaurant where a group was playing well (nice song).

Well .. one evening the legendary Joan takes us into the restaurant that inspired Tarantino . called Ganpachi, is in Tokyo (although I can not explain where).

In fact it seems that the director of Kill Bill has decided to recreate the environment since the original restaurant was too small to shoot. But I saw that, I say that is exactly the same!
The restaurant is on two floors Kill Bill . Below is a large room with tables "normal" and upstairs there are tables with a hole in to fit your feet (shoes must be removed).
Of course you can 'smoke.

What do you eat? mostly yakitori, or chicken rolls, but also potatoes, tofu (very good) and more. You spend a little but because it is always necessary to book III & IV. A funny thing is that when customers enter and leave the room and all the kitchen staff greets and thanks.
I obviously did not understand what they said but I understood that they did!

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Kappabashi

Kappabashi DORII is a pretty long road to Tokyo , nella zona di Asakusa.

E' famosa per via dei negozi che vendono tutto il necessario per la ristorazione.
Si trovano piatti, vassoi, tazze, completi per il sakè, bacchette (hashi)..ma anche mobili, insegne, utensili.
e anche quelle incredibili riproduzioni in plastica del cibo , che sono in tutte le vetrine dei ristoranti giapponesi (meno male dico io altrimenti chissà come ordinavamo al ristorante!).
Kappabashi è la zona migliore per comprare questo genere di oggetti, costano pochissimo.
Anche se bisogna girare in su e in giù perchè si puo' trovare la stessa cosa (a me è happened with a teapot ) at different price within a few meters.

I bought a bit 'of everything: cups, curtains, trays ...

the street name has to do with Kappa mythological creatures that live in ponds in Japan. I do not know whether to say that these goblins have helped costruzioen the bridge ..

in any case the road is funny: at first a great cook cups and some giant distinguish some buildings, and even half way we noticed a strange building, complete with a giant cockroach on the wall .

Who knows!