A new restaurant with seating for just nine diners has opened under the radar in San Francisco’s Japantown offering Kappo-style dining at just one seating per night, for only nine guests at a time.
Yasuko Tamaki smiles at a ceremony for her Guinness World Records certification on Dec. 28 in Osaka. (Mamie Kawai)
OSAKA When new employees start at Sunco Industries Co. in Osaka s Nishi Ward, they get the benefit of a living history briefing from Yasuko Tamaki.
Tamaki, 90, joined the specialty fastener trading firm in 1956 and is still going strong as the company s office manager.
“She tells me she wants to die at her desk,” said Hirohiko Sato, 47, the head of the general affairs department who supervises Tamaki.
After passing through the retirement age of 60 some 30 years ago, Tamaki is assigned to the department under a one-year renewable contract.