Shitamachi Scam Quotes

“The waitress brought bowls filled with slivers of black hijiki sea vegetable and dried kelp on a bed of rice. She went back for a large teapot from which she poured thick green tea on each. The tea filled the bowls, softening the rice and unleashing the sea-salt smell of the kelp and hijiki. Everyone took their spoon and dug into the warm, mushy mix, hoping it would solve something inside, if not outside.”
― Michael Pronko, Shitamachi Scam