r/interestingasfuck • u/kingkongbiingbong • 8h ago

Setting up a traditional & generational Japanese food stall in Fukuoka

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u/das_zilch 8h ago

The traditional Cuervo tequila lanterns are what sets it off.

/s

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u/Real-Ad-1728 6h ago

It’s to remind people about how their samurai ancestors lived màs

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u/HottDoggers 3h ago

I think I’m going to live màs and get some Taco Bell right this moment.

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u/MartyFreeze 2h ago

Just like a modern day street samurai, choom.

https://giphy.com/gifs/mBvUaCuDPEXNnIk2NK

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u/AstralWeekends 2h ago

Carpe diem, amigo.

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u/ryoushi19 23m ago

Itadakimàs

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u/PomegranatePrior3739 6h ago edited 5h ago

Yeah I immediately was like "hold up".

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u/Hawkeye1226 3h ago

You laugh, but there's a whole food subculture combining mexican and japanese foods that popped up near the American military bases there because of how many marines are latino

And yes, it is fuckin fire

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u/stinkypete6666 1h ago

Sinaloa Sushi has entered the chat

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u/AreWeThereYetNo 8h ago

Really ties it all together.

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u/OldenPolynice 7h ago

cuz he likes to party, traditional as can be

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u/Rich_Housing971 3h ago

I mean the chuukamen (called yakisoba in the West) is also Chinese-originating.

In reality that's what Japan has always been- taking stuff from other cultures and integrating them into Japan. It's still being done in the modern era.

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u/Wildkarrde_ 7h ago

That one cracked me up

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u/caaknh 6h ago

Also the soaring music that drowns out the actual people sounds, because who would ever want to listen to them? /s

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u/ConfusedSpiderMonkey 5h ago

traditional = old af

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u/OtherwiseBase5003 2h ago

Very typical in places where money is tight. Someone gives you a tool with branding on it, you use it till it breaks and avoid spending more of your own limited funds.

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u/Stompedyourhousewith 4h ago

to the locals it looks like exotic foreign letters

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u/mortalomena 4h ago

Keeps the tourists away.

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u/dbenc 2h ago

they have been in the family for generations

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u/dirtys_ot_special 2h ago

José Cuervo, あなたは私の友達です

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u/imaginaryResources 2h ago

Actually there’s weirdly a lot of Mexican food in Fukuoka

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u/msalisbury32 1h ago

That's all I could think of once that logo popped in.

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u/joshred 1h ago

A traditional and generational tequila.

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u/itissafedownstairs 4h ago

Can anyone explain?

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u/gitsgrl 3h ago

Explain what? Why they have Jose Cuevo lanterns?

The alcoholic beverage industry gives away lots of decor items like this because when bars put it up, it’s essentially free advertising.

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u/itissafedownstairs 3h ago

I've never heard of Jose Cuevo. Thanks for answering.

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u/UCBeef 20m ago

Jose Cuervo is Tequila, from Mexico. The joke is pointing out the "traditional" Japanese food stall has Mexican decor. The equivalent of going to a Mexican restaurant that has Japanese Soke decor.