What is this place?
This is the dining room of “Shizu”, a Japanese restaurant in Kyoto, Japan.
Now, what are these letters scattered all over the room?
By the way, there is “Hoichi without ears” in Lafcadio Hearn’s ghost story. A monk named Hoichi had scriptures written all over his body so that he would not be found by ghosts.
What? Ghosts appear in this room?
Don’t worry. These letters are the signatures of the customers. They wrote names or messages in commemoration, and finally it became like this.
If you come to Kyoto, how about eating delicious Japanese dishes in Shizu while surrounded by Japanese words?