Host & Shachiku

Naoto, known as a "corporate slave," encounters Ren, a "host," at a beef bowl restaurant in the Kabukichou district of Shinjuku at 5:00 a.m. They are total strangers who coincidentally share breakfast side by side each day, creating a rather unique bond. One is a corporate slave preparing to start his day, while the other is a host whose day has just concluded. This narrative illustrates the brief 15 minutes where these two individuals, who exist on completely different schedules, intersect!