Full Circle
Day 35: Tokyo

Mr Watanabe is punctilious in observing tradition. A man bent double by the door as if praying is in fact one of the staff laying three piles of salt out on the street. This particular little trick dates back to the time when people travelled into town with their cows. When they found salt the cows would always stop to lick it up, giving their owners time to size up the restaurant.
Mr Watanabe also likes a joke. He's particularly pleased with his slogan 'People who eat here never die'.
'Because if you're dead you wouldn't be able to eat here, you see?' He laughs gleefully.
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- Series: Full Circle
- Day: 35
- Country/sea: Japan
- Place: Tokyo
- Book page no: 59
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