 There are many other popular restaurants such as Sugitama, Yadai-zushi, Uokin, Mechiki-no-Ginji, Sakura Suisan, and so on. Feel free to enjoy a bowl of sashimi!

 While general izakaya chains that offered a wide variety of meat and fish dishes used to be popular, izakaya chains that specialize in seafood sushi are now in vogue. The war between the struggling "three giants" and the "emerging forces" that are looking for a chance to overtake them is ......

Part 1: &#8220;Uotami&#8221;, &#8220;Hana-no-Mai&#8221;, &#8220;Isomaru Suisan&#8221;&#8230; &#8220;The Big Three&#8221; vs. &#8220;Emerging Power&#8221; of Seafood Izakaya Chains

 There are many other popular restaurants such as Sugitama, Yadai-zushi, Uokin, Mechiki-no-Ginji, Sakura Suisan, and many more. Enjoy a glass of sashimi at your leisure!

 While general izakaya restaurants that offered a wide variety of meat and fish dishes used to be popular, izakaya chains that specialize in seafood sushi are now in vogue. The war between the struggling "three giants" and the "emerging forces" that are looking for a chance to overtake them is ......

Part 2: &#8220;Uotami&#8221;, &#8220;Hana-no-Mai&#8221;, &#8220;Isomaru Suisan&#8221;&#8230;A Study of Seafood Izakaya Chains: The &#8220;Big Three&#8221; vs.

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 On February 14, WOWOW announced that it would stop broadcasting and distributing the movie "I'd Rather Be a Shellfish" starring Masahiro Nakai. For the past 10 years, Nakai's appearances in dramas and movies have been few and far between. There was a reason for this, other than his own will.

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 Takero Shunyu (1st) Sota Shima (3rd, 6th, 8th) Shoichiro Tsuboi (4th) Yasuko Funamoto (5th) Toshikatsu Tanaka (2nd) Yuya Kawasaki (9th) Masaaki Saito (10th) Keisuke Nishi (13th) Shuichi Masuda (11th) Shinji Hasuo (12th)

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