Without a doubt, Japanese restaurants have to be one of the most fascinating places you can visit in the states. The only problem with these is that they are more scarce than peace in the Middle East. Finding a Japanese restaurant take an enormous amount of patience and a ton of luck besides. But once you find one, it will be like no other experience in food that you’ve ever had the pleasure of being a part of.

There is one misconception about Japanese restaurants that needs to be destroyed right away because it is not fair to these fine places. Japanese restaurants are not anything like Chinese restaurants. For one thing, Japanese food and Chinese food is nothing alike. But even more important than that, in the USA, Chinese restaurants are really not authentic. They’re Chinese American dishes to appeal to the masses. Real Chinese food wouldn’t sell to a man starving in the desert. Japanese food, on the other hand, is the real thing in the states. These places make Japanese food that’s real Japanese food. And you better develop a taste for it, because it’s like nothing you’ve ever eaten.

Again, finding a restaurant is not easy, but once you do, there are a number of things you can expect to find at these establishments. The setups are a little different from your typical restaurant of any nationality. Also, there are various types of Japanese restaurants, each specializing in their own special dishes.

Your typical Japanese steak house has a bar like setting. You walk in and sit down at what can only be described as a bar. If there were drinks behind it the setting would be complete. But no drinks. Just a lot of good food.

Behind the bar is their little hibachi. This is where they cook your meal. The chef comes out. No orders are taken because they specialize in one thing. That’s what people go there for, the classic Japanese shrimp and steak dish. The chef takes an enormous amount of shrimp and right before everybody’s eyes, starts to chop it up at lightening speed. This is basically the highlight of the evening, watching this master at work.

After he’s done with the shrimp, he works on the other ingredients of the dish, doing the same. He then throws everything together with the steak and cooks it on the hibachi. When it’s done, he takes a portion and puts it on plates for each person sitting around the bar. The waiter or waitress then takes each plate and passes it down the bar. Yes, this is the most unusual way you’ll ever be served at a restaurant in the states. You’ll never forget it.

Depending on the shape and size of your arts or crafts, this can be a very lucrative experiment!.. You should make sure to use a nice restaurant that you yourself go to, make sure its not really a fast paced one, as you want people who are lingering over a nice meal to notice and appreciate your art that may be hanging on the wall by their table, or that decorative shelf housing your crafts in a corner.

Start by taking yourself to dinner with a friend or family at this particular restaurant that you like, and while eating, and relaxing, try and notice walls or corners, where your creations would look great.

Pick your best tasteful pieces, that you feel would suit the restaurant, and then approach the owner, during the daytime when he/she is likely to be there planning the day, and talk to him/her about the idea of hanging your art (show the owner your pieces) maybe give him/her some idea of where you were thinking it should go, so as to take the guess work out of the equation, and make the owner feel like its not another project he has to deal with!

Come up with a deal, that he/she gets a percentage of the sale, and then make sure you give him/her your business cards and brochures, and also that there is a business card with the price of the piece with the piece. Do not put a great big read “for sale” sign on the piece!, you need something subtle and tasteful, possibly in the bottom right corner of the piece. If you have 3D creations that need to be on a shelf, then make sure your business card is attached with the price written on the back neatly or typed on..

This is another great way to get you and your business known in the community, and is a great way to get people to look at, and appreciate and hopefully purchase your creations!