There are a lot of small restaurants in Tokyo.  These are often found in alleys.  They usually hold 10 to 20 customers.  You sit at a counter facing the kitchen which I like as well.  It’s fun to watch the cooks.  

When you enter the restaurant, the cook, waitress and any other staff call out to you.  It’s like they are giving a cheer that you have arrived at their establishment.  I have no idea what they are saying, but I imagine it is “Yay!  You are here! Welcome!”. When you order, the waitress calls out and the cook answers.  In my head they said “She would like a steak”.  “Great choice, foreign lady”.  When you leave everyone cheerfully yells out in unison.  Again, I made up the words “Have a great day!”. 

I think I will.