2025/07/03

We started serving lunch from 7/1 🔥 However, it happened to overlap with road construction (lol) I made a sign but it's not visible! I can't get in! I heard it will continue until the 8th, but business is going strong. If you notice it, please support us🙏✨ #Owner's shout #Open for lunch #Downtown challenge

2025/07/02

📺The second part of the YouTube video has been released! Hello, I am the owner of Hakata Teppanyaki Yakiniku Domannaka. Today, I would like to talk about what happened next with our specific recovery strategy, which began with the video shoot. July 1, 2025. After much preparation, we are finally able to restart our lunch service! ⸻ ■Video was filmed on May 28th.Everything just moved on from there. For this video shoot, Rappa actually came to the store. The photo was taken on May 28th.We received a ton of advice from them, including about our lunch strategy, evening business policy, and course composition, while they tasted the actual menu items. What was particularly impressive was, • Why not try a big meal for lunch? • To compensate for this, we will shorten our opening hours in the evenings and strengthen our menu options. This is a proposal for a direction. I received many hints other than those shown in the video, and I renewed my determination to "try it again." ⸻ ■ Mr. Trumpet rides off dashing on his Harley.And then the conversation began. From the moment the shoot ended and we saw Rappa-san off on his impressive Harley-Davidson... Our "serious strategy meeting" began. What do we do in the middle of the future? It was an exciting night. ⸻ ■ Keep your feet on the ground, one thing at a time. In order to give shape to an idea, it is essential to create a base. There was a mountain of things to do. • Shift adjustments • Finalize menu contents and prices • Organizing announcement methods and SNS management • Writing the manuscript and selecting the designer • Photography and visual production • Confirmation of flow and operations for pre-sales I decided to just focus on increasing customer satisfaction, and made a list of tasks and worked on them one by one. Our supervisor, Ryota, takes care of running the site, and I spend my days working on behind-the-scenes tasks. ⸻ ■And then the first day of lunch service arrived. July 1st. After finishing work at another store and returning home, I headed to the center a little early. It's not as simple as just relying on social media to bring in customers. But just then, I was starting to hope that maybe a few people would come. The road in front of the store was unexpectedly closed. It was completely unexpected (laughs). I haven't heard anything, and there's not even a place to put up a sign. I hurriedly explained the situation to my part-time worker who was scheduled to start today and asked him to take the day off. I immediately contacted the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Bureau of Waterworks, who connected me to the contractor doing the work. In the end, we spoke directly over the phone. ⸻ ■ Construction workers are also working in the heat. By the way, at 7am that morning, the temperature was already over 30°C. Meanwhile, the people on site were working hard and sweating profusely. As someone who works in the same field, I just couldn't bring myself to say, "Stop it right now." While discussing whether there was any solution, In the end, they allowed us to "just pass through in front of the store." ⸻ ■An unexpected development.Someone from the site came to the store. Just as I was feeling down, thinking, "The signboard has become meaningless," To my surprise...two people who looked like construction site supervisors came to the store! moreover, "It's lunch time from today, right? Are you doing it?" Some customers even contacted us by phone. That alone is enough. I was really happy. Furthermore, an acquaintance of mine came by and said, "I came to see you because I was worried." I never expected the first day to be so warm. ⸻ ■ Lunch service starts at a leisurely pace. To be honest, it wasn't a very lively opening. It was a big step for us. Because we had a calm start, we were able to notice areas for improvement. My desire to continue to improve has grown even stronger. We will also be offering an evening hot pot course to further increase awareness. ⸻ ■Finally. The video is not the goal, it's the real start. I don't expect things to go smoothly right away. However, there are views that can only be seen by taking action. Even if it doesn't work, I hope that one day we can laugh and say, "That happened, too." We move forward one step at a time. Thank you very much to everyone who supports me. Thank you for your continued support! #Hakata Teppanyaki Yakiniku Right In The Middle #Takenotsuka Gourmet #Adachi-ku lunch #Adachi-ku Izakaya #TokyoLunch #Teppan Yakiniku #Kyushu cuisine #Horse sashimi #Restaurant management #Izakaya management #Tweets from the shopkeeper #The center of today #Challenges of independent stores #Video now available #RebuildProject #Lunch business starts #LunchReopened #LargeLunch #DowntownLunch #Lunch Club #Lunch diary #Lunch tour #TokyoLunchTour #Stores I want to support #HardworkingShopOwner #The real thing begins now #Reality of Restaurants #Open today