Curry Shop Shimizu
Restaurant in Tokyo, Japan
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Curry Shop Shimizu (Japanese: カレーショップ志み津, Hepburn: Karēshoppu shimizu) was a restaurant in Tokyo. Owned by Japanese pornographic actor Ken Shimizu, it was infamous for serving feces-flavored curry.
| Curry Shop Shimizu | |
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 Photo of the place where the restaurant opened in Tokyo | |
 Interactive map of Curry Shop Shimizu | |
| Restaurant information | |
| Established | August 16, 2015 |
| Closed | January 4, 2016 |
| Manager | Hiroki Okada |
| Chef | Ken Shimizu |
| Location | Joypark Chitose Funabashi B1-A, 1-1-17, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, Japan |
| Coordinates | 35°38′54″N 139°37′29″E |
Seating capacity | 7 (counter) 3 (sofa) |
| Website | curryshopshimizu |
Overview
On August 16, 2015, Japanese porn actor Ken Shimizu, alongside Hiroki Okada, also known as Opanpon, who was the manager, opened the restaurant in Chitose-Funabashi, Setagaya-ku, Tokyo, as a joke restaurant. He said in an interview with weekly magazine SPA! that he loved feces since he was a child, and opened the restaurant because he wanted everyone to experience what feces tasted like. His inspiration was the feces-flavored curry he ate at an event.[1][2]
The restaurant's only main dish was their feces-flavored curry. It is made from bitter melon, Japanese yam, onion, carrot, minced chicken, cocoa powder, and fish guts simmered in a curry powder blended with senburi tea.[2] Shimizu said that the recipe was taken online, but he tweaked the recipe to make it more bitter.[1] Despite the name, it does not contain any feces.[3] It was served in bowls shaped like traditional Japanese toilets. The price ranged from ¥400 (2015) (US$3.3) to the large size costing ¥1,200 (2015) (US$9.91).[4] The restaurant offered free senburi tea alongside water bottles that cost ¥1,000 (2015) (US$8.26), as well as free air freshener spray for guests when they leave.[5]
The restaurant was closed on January 4, 2016. It was planned to be closed in October 2015, but due to the restaurant's popularity, its operation was extended until January 2016.[6]
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Before opening the restaurant, Shimizu and Okada conducted a survey among 400 adults and revealed that 80% do not want to set foot in the restaurant.[2] According to Shimizu, 90% of the time, people will say that it is "bad".[1]
Uehara Ai, a fellow pornographic actress, said that it was the "toughest task she'd encountered this year".[2] The editorial team of Kai-You said that the curry tasted disgusting, adding that "the intense smell and strangely textured texture overwhelm your mouth".[6]