We learned a valuable lesson the first time we attended the Kabuki-za in Ginza, make lunch reservation before the performance starts. That first time, during intermission, everyone made their way to one of the several restaurants located in the theater or munched on bento boxes they brought with them. Jane and I just walked around hungry.
This time we made plans. We booked our lunch reservations at Hanamichi, a restaurant located in the basement of the theater. You pre-order your meal, so we pointed at sign that had a lovely photograph of food on it and found our seats.
Two and a half hours later came intermission, it was time for lunch. Off we went, finally finding our restaurant and two lovely lunches waiting for us. By the time we were seated, others were finishing. Jane and I looked at each other and this beautiful bounty laid out before us and dug in. I didn't recognize everything we ate, there was miso soup, shrimp, pickled vegetables and about ten other items. But I didn't have to recognize them, I just had to eat them. Ten minutes later we were finished and walking back to our seats. The lunch was good, but I learned another valuable lesson, don't dally around when it comes time to eat a Kabuki lunch.
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