Japan's first 'naked restaurant' to ban overweight diners

[yuiyoshida]

TOKYO —

Japan’s first “naked restaurant” opens in Tokyo next month with draconian rules of entry—podgy prospective diners will be weighed and barred entry if found to be too fat.

Following the lead of establishments in London and Melbourne, “The Amrita”—Sanskrit for “immortality”—also has strict age restrictions, with only patrons between 18 and 60 allowed in, after they check in their clothes and put on paper underwear provided by the restaurant.

“If you are more than 15 kilograms above the average weight for your height, we ask you refrain from making a reservation,” a list of rules posted on the restaurant’s website states, explaining that patrons could be weighed if they do not appear to be within the correct weight range.

Guests found to be “overweight” will be refused entry to the restaurant, which opens on July 29, and will not be entitled to a refund, its website points out. All payments must be made in advance on an online booking page.

The list of rules asks visitors not to “cause a nuisance to other guests” by touching or talking to fellow diners. Tattooed customers are barred from entry.

http://www.japantoday.com/category/national/view/japans-first-naked-restaurant-to-ban-overweight-diners

[hobbit709]

1. reminds me of that Barney Miller episode where they didn't want any ugly customers

[dembotoz]

2. i wonder if they will serve lots of hot soups

prob not

[whistler162]

3. 2016/08/01 - closed

[DinahMoeHum]

4. Guess sumo wrestlers won't be allowed in, either.

Restaurant's loss, not theirs.

[Cooley Hurd]

5. GREAT point!

[Skink]

6. No Sumo

Especially on all you can eat buffet night.

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

7. No tattoo? So, no Yakuza. They might not like that.

[Bucky]

8. How is this different than sumo wrestling discriminating against the skinny?

[NV Whino]

9. Ah, no sumo wrestlers?

I call that discrimination.

[yuiyoshida]

10. Sumo wrestlers live together in

a special stable or Heya. They have their own cooks, or one of the younger apprentices learns how to cook for them. They are never seen in a Restaurant until long after they retire, and even then most prefer to eat at home.

A Day in the Life of a Sumo Wrestler

Every sumo wrestler belongs to a stable, which is where they live while they are young. A stable is managed by a stable master, a retired wrestler who was a good wrestler in his prime. There are currently 54 stables. Referees, ushers, and hairdressers also live in the stables. The stable master is referred to as oyakata (boss), and his wife, who is called okamisan, plays an important supporting role behind the scenes.

There are a number of different divisions for the wrestlers, ranging from the makuuchi and juryo divisions at the top (sekitori), to makushita, sandanme, jonidan, and jonokuchi below them. Wrestlers begin receiving a salary when they become a sekitori at the rank of juryo or higher, and they also get to wear a keshomawashi, a lavishly embroidered apron-like cloth that comes down to their ankles, when they are introduced before the beginning of a tournament. More than anything, though, they get to have people around them take care of their everyday needs. Sekitori also wear their topknot in the shape of the leaf of a ginkgo tree. And the mawashi that a sekitori wears in the tournaments is made of silk and can be one of several colors, while wrestlers in the makushita division or lower can wear only a black cotton mawashi. Sumo is a world in which results are everything, and there is a great difference between how wrestlers of different ranks are treated and how much money they receive.

more....
http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/virtual/sumo/sumo04.html

[NV Whino]

11. Thank you.

I think. More than I ever wanted to know about sumo wrestlers.

Seriously, interesting information.