a tale of two red snappers

A hangover isn't the only reward you get for drinking a place out of its supply of beer, as some friends and I learned last night:

The owner of Masudaya, a soba shop in Kamata, was kind enough to present us with a rare two-fish Yebisu label as thanks for drinking him out of house and home and eating lots of his delicious soba. Apparently, these labels are very rare and each establishment only gets about 10 or so per season to hand out. The normal Yebisu labels have only one red snapper -- the one under the guy's arm. But the super l33t rare ones have two: one under his arm, and one behind his back.

The fish are a symbol of good luck, which is great, but unfortunately, they don't seem to have any power over getting rid of your headache the next day...