After-work gathering. Group of men in white shirts at a sidewalk table outside a seafood restaurant in Japan
Photo: Alpgiray Kelem · Japan · 2026-06-11 · Editorial use
Tokyo, Japan - June 11, 2026: A group of men in white shirts gathers on stools around a table set out on the pavement in front of a seafood restaurant after work. One man on the left smiles as he talks across the table, three sit with their backs to the street, and a man in glasses on the right gestures while he speaks. Mugs of beer, glasses and small plates of food cover the table. Inside the open shopfront, women and men sit at more tables in front of the kitchen counter. Red noren curtains printed with the name Jizakanaya Hamachan hang above the entrances, and bare light bulbs light the stone-clad pillar between them. Signs in the windows list opening hours of 11:30 to 23:00 with last orders at 22:00, and a no smoking sign hangs by the door.
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