"Owatta." Finished, and then silence.
After a hectic day dishing up almost 200 bowls of ramen during a nonstop seven-hour service, Yashiro Haga's small shop is finally quiet.
The 60-year-old takes a moment to himself after bowing goodbye to his final customers, two women Haga has known since elementary school.
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