Emi works the pre-dawn tuna auctions at Toyosu and the standing sushi counters where office workers eat before their shift. She reviews the depachika food halls beneath Isetan and the old kissaten coffee houses that still roast their beans on-site.
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One dish, one counter, from Toyosu to the back streets · Kōtō, Tokyo
Emi works the pre-dawn tuna auctions at Toyosu and the standing sushi counters where office workers eat before their shift. She reviews the depachika food halls beneath Isetan and the old kissaten coffee houses that still roast their beans on-site.