Snack Mami (Fukuroi hostess bar)

The mama (female owner) selected the counter seats. She says, "I sometimes enjoy having drinks as a customer in the counter seat too. The arm rests make me relaxed." She continues, "A regular in his eighties tells me that it's hard to climb up the stairs. But he still comes." A customer sitting next to me started singing "Fuyu Ga Hajimeru Yo" (Winter's Here) by Hiroyuki Makihara. She said some junior high school classmates of hers come here to have drinks. "We have great conversations about the good old days. " Classmates are such a great thing. Bottles of sake are lined up on the wall. I see the name Mami on those labels. The mama's family ran a soba noodle shop, and old fashioned ramen is popular at Mami. She says, "Some people come here just for the ramen. But this is a bar, right? I ask them to order at least a glass of beer. They're having ramen after a drink, so I make it salty." The slices of pork and salty broth have a wonderful taste and texture. She says, "The wall used to be pure white, but it's all brown now." Mama, it proves that all of your customers have felt relaxed while they were here.

The sound system of the bar is perfect for karaoke. Local gentlemen speak animatedly in the Fukuroi dialect. What song do you want to sing?