Asakusa Kagetsudō

Went with a friend who is 6' 10" tall, who plays basketball at our university in America. We told the owner that and I think he may have thought he was famous or something. Anyway, pretty much everyone in Japan would go up to my buddy and ask, "2 meters tall?", extending and retracting their horizontal hands on top of their heads. Our waiter was no different, but he smiled and kept us company. We then proceed to eat some of the best hot tempura soba I have ever had, and stood up with two of their amazing, warm sugar rolls in our hands. The owner walked us out and told everyone in front of the restaurant to, "make room for the famous basketball players!" We know because my friend knows Japanese. We exit the restaurant to a crowd of glittering eyes and drawn out "oh!"s. It was truly a glorious day in Asakusa. We stood and watched a trained monkey do tricks while we wolfed down our warm sugar bread.