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A large crowd queues outside a brightly lit ramen shop on a Tokyo street at night. Steam rises from within.

A large crowd queues outside a brightly lit ramen shop on a Tokyo street at night. Steam rises from within.

Hundreds of Japanese customers are lined up, several rows deep, on the sidewalk outside a ramen shop along Kannana Dori street in Tokyo. It is night time. The ramen shop has an open kitchen that is open to the sidewalk. The customers that are eating bowls of noodles are standing at the counter. The shop signage says ドサンコ. There are red lanterns inside the shop. Puffs of steam are billowing from the ramen shop. The busy street is full of cars and taxis that are slowed down to observe the customers on the sidewalk. In the distance, a concrete train trestle overpass crosses the street. Ver mais