Frog legs for dinner?
In Tokyo you can find just about any type of food or cuisine imaginable. You can easily binge on burgers at TGI Fridays, sample Shabu-Shabu, or (if you are brave enough) dine on death causing fungus. A friend took me to cool and non-life threatening restaurant owned by Mark Kagaya in the Shimbashi area of Tokyo. What makes the place so much fun, besides the wonderful food, is that Mark performs outrageously funny skits throughout the meal and often in costume.
This is a short video of Mark introducing the drink menu – and yes that is a monkey hand puppet.
The place seats anywhere between 15-30 people on a given night. Here’s a picture of the tables and food. I also should warn you to be very careful when you pick up your beverage glass for the first time. Who knows what could happen to you.
Sometimes it aint easy being green, but it sure is fun. This clip was taken towards the later part of the evening. Did that frog just say my name?
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If you are ever in Tokyo make sure to visit Mark’s restaurant. Its very “westerner” friendly and the food is very reasonably priced for Tokyo. Don’t worry if you aren’t fluent in Japanese – go anyway because you’ll have a great time.
Mark has a web site at http://www1.ocn.ne.jp/~kagayayy/ with direction and other info.
Directions:
Kagaya: B1F, 2-15-12 Shinbashi, Minato-ku. Tel: 03-3591-2347. Nearest station: Shinbashi.
You can also check the following maps for Metro and Subway
Ffficial Eidan Subway; Teito Rapid Transit Authority; Tokyo Metro
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