Video and photos showing a Ramen Jiro location letting an adult film actress work the kitchen and serve customers spread across social media, sparking discussion on 5ch. According to posts, the actress in question is said to be a longtime regular at the shop, and appears to have worked the kitchen with the owner’s blessing. The thread split between those who saw no issue (“if she’s a regular, who cares,” “it’s the owner’s call, no problem”) and critics (“special treatment like this is off,” “unfair to regular customers with no explanation”), with additional nitpicking over hygiene and her attire while serving.
Jiro's done for…
Forget the bangs, the beard's just down to his own personal taste, love it or hate it.
Then let us fat guys (pigs) into the kitchen too, please.
I keep hearing it tastes like garbage anyway.
Not like the Jinbocho location.
What do you mean, "act like"?
What authority do you have over work someone else does at a business someone else runs?
I'd get being annoyed if she were just some rando horning in once, but that's not the case here.
Then they should let the other regulars in too and market themselves as a friendly shop — otherwise this is just a dirty old man thing.
Nothing wrong with being a dirty old man, is there
I never thought twice seeing kebab shop guys give special treatment only to women either.
Just get permission, no big deal
It's nothing new for Jiro shops to cut regulars some slack.
Well, obviously — nobody's going there to make ramen on their own personal time.
It means they don't want to eat from the same batch she touched.
How would they even turn those guys down?
If you're paying, I'm sure they'd let you in.
There are plenty of ways to say no, it's the owner's call
"No way I'm letting you in" — nothing wrong with that either.
If you can show there's some benefit to it, they'll probably say yes.
If that were the shop's stance from the start, no problem
But when they act all high-and-mighty with customers and then pull this… it's like a teacher lecturing you with a boner, creepy.
Didn't realize you had such a lofty image of Jiro
It's always been "I'm the owner, I make the rules" since way back, so letting his favorite into the kitchen tracks just fine.
So follow them, or leave if you don't like it — that's all there is to it.
That's my image of it too, so if the shop's okay with it, it's fine by me
It's not like that comedian who turned it into a book without permission and got banned from every location.
But I hate the ones who get the wrong idea and start modeling wedding dresses or standing in Jiro's kitchen.
What world are you living in where wedding dresses and Jiro's kitchen are the same thing
I get not wanting adult actresses used for products aimed at young women, but Jiro's kitchen is basically the same as an actress doing promo work at a pachinko parlor.
I feel that
I just wish they'd recognize the line between sunlight and shadow (know their place).
Background and Discussion Points
Ramen Jiro is a ramen chain where individual shop owners wield a lot of discretion, known for its own customs around customer service and favors for regulars, and its kitchens have long had a different culture around hygiene and appearance than other restaurants. What split opinion in this thread wasn’t so much whether special treatment itself is acceptable, but rather whether outsiders have any right to weigh in given that it’s the owner’s call — a clash of values specific to Jiro culture over whether convenience for regulars or fairness to general customers should take priority. It should also be noted that who exactly worked the kitchen remains speculation within the thread and has not been confirmed as fact.
*This article is excerpted and summarized from the 5ch (Live Newsflash General) thread “[Video] Ramen Jiro Under Fire for Letting Adult Film Star Work the Kitchen wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww.”
