Today’s photo is of a few buildings in Ginza which are absolutely loaded with “bars.” Those who visit these kinds of small bars are usually regulars since many operate on the bottle-keep system. Many customers may have their own bottle kept for them behind the counter. This is just a relatively small glimpse of the many similar establishments within a few blocks of this location. Literally, there are hundreds.

So it isn’t surprising that, as an owner, it may be difficult to select a name that hasn’t already been chosen. Hence, a bit of zoom on the above picture revels the following:

Were they out of names or did one owner just decide to differentiate their place from the rest?

Posted on October 8th, 2010 under Japan • Tags: buildings, ginza, signs. • RSS 2.0 feed • Both comments and pings are currently closed