Jankara, the biggest karaoke chain in western Japan, clearly agrees with this opinion ... Then say hello to “Karaoke Food Hall Tsukamoto!” a fully functional eatery/bar that anyone is welcome to enter ...
It's a cosy space where customers usually sit close together on sofas to drink, talk and sing karaoke. It's a style of bar known in Japan as a "snack." "If we have ten people, we're full," she says.
Snack bars are cosy, retro establishments found across Japan, often crammed into small buildings and equipped with karaoke systems that echo late into the night. They are typically run by a woman ...
A shortage of students willing to work at bars, restaurants or karaoke joints in the busy year-end season — even as pay rises — is a conundrum Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba must ...