Synopsis

The menu offered a comforting array: hormone udon, stamina-boosting set meals, pork cutlet bowls, ramen, and yakiniku—grilled meats. This roadside eatery in Bizen City, Okayama, thrives as a stopover for travelers along Route 2, the highway linking Osaka and Kitakyushu. A truck driver returning from a delivery to Hiroshima, a pair of colleagues seeking sustenance after a night shift – the clientele is varied. For three days, we stationed ourselves with a camera, listening to the stories of those