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Ramen Jiro’s Kameido shop revealed via its official X account that while it isn’t technically banning photos of the signed art board by Chiikawa creator Nagano on display inside the store, it’s now asking customers to check with staff before snapping a picture — the result of a flood of customers taking unauthorized photos, some of whom hurled abuse at staff when asked to stop. The surge is tied to a wave of fans visiting specifically for the art board since the Chiikawa movie’s release. On 5ch, opinions split between those questioning the shop (“why display it at all if this is such a problem?”) and those questioning the new rule itself (“what’s wrong with snapping a photo without asking first?”).
Tue, 9/15, 4:02 PM
The official X (formerly Twitter) account for “Ramen Jiro Kameido” posted an update by the 15th explaining why photographing the signed illustration board by popular manga “Chiikawa” creator Nagano, on display in the shop, is completely off-limits.
The shop’s official X account posted: “Thanks as always for your support. Lately, thanks to the Chiikawa movie, we’ve had a lot more Chiikawa fans stopping by — thank you! We’ve noticed a few posts saying people couldn’t find Nagano-sensei’s signed art board, so just so everyone knows: it’s up on the left, right as you walk in the entrance! Hope that helps.”
Source: news.yahoo.co.jp / Read the original article here
What people said
Exactly lol
I want to know why you can't just take a photo without asking
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Photos allowed
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Photos need permission
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Photos banned
What is this
Like Re: #2 said, just stop displaying it
It's Jiro because of the '郎' in the name
in the parallel version it'd be Tonzan, the pig one
Jiro's rules are baffling
The shop has full authority over what photography is allowed inside its own store
If the shop sets a rule, you just have to follow it
It'd be way more efficient to just warn the people being disruptive with their photos as it happens
Did he introduce himself?
Now if it were Nagano the comedian, sure, everyone knows that face lol
When products or shops get named outright in things like books, permission gets sought first
Jiro has history with Chiikawa too — they later did a promo tie-in with Chiikawa cosplay
And since the movie features a Jiro-lookalike shop called "Shima Jiro," the art board got sent over because of that connection
Stop pinning all the blame on customers
If photos are allowed, why make people ask staff every single time
Sounds like they'd get thrown out like Momonga did
gulp (`・ω・´；)
So basically: it's bad and it's petty (a play on "chii," meaning small/petty, from Chiikawa)
And since even that's too much for people, now it's a full photo ban.
Either way, it's the shop's right, so fine, but
> 'Please let staff know before taking a photo'
I don't get the reasoning behind this one
Isn't posting something like this exactly what gets them cursed out?
What's actually wrong with someone taking a photo without asking first?
Sounds like it's because some people were photographing the staff too
Background and Points of Debate
The backdrop is a surge of Chiikawa fans visiting after the movie’s release, temporarily driving up the number of customers coming specifically for the signed art board. Nagano has a history with Jiro, including a past promotional tie-in featuring Chiikawa cosplay, and reportedly sent the art board because of a connection to “Shima Jiro,” a Jiro-styled shop that appears in the movie. Where the thread split was over what the shop’s announcement actually meant — whether photography itself was banned, or whether the new policy was simply to check with staff first. The notice leans toward the latter, but the “photo ban” framing in headlines left many asking “why does checking first even matter?” As for the reasoning behind requiring a heads-up, some in the thread suggested it’s meant to prevent trouble like staff or other customers ending up in photos accidentally — making it less a blanket crackdown and more a customer-service precaution. At the same time, opinions split between blaming the shop for displaying the art board in the first place and blaming the customers who took unauthorized photos or lashed out verbally, leaving the question of where the real fault lies unresolved.
※This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Geinou/Sports News+) thread “Ramen Jiro Kameido announces signed art board by ‘Chiikawa’ creator is completely off-limits for photos: ‘Way too many people just take photos without asking… some even curse us out’.”
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