Yakoressha Sake Bar: The Oasis of Ueno
Almost seventeen years ago, on my first trip to Japan, my wife (then my girlfriend) took me to the bustling markets of Ueno. Born as a central black market after WW2, the Ueno shotengai (shopping streets) now weave underneath the elevated JR Train tracks between the Ueno and Ueno-Okachimachi stations. It is a dense neighborhood, …