| Curry Shop Shimizu | |
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 Photo of the place where the restaurant opened in Tokyo | |
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| 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 / 35.64833°N 139.62472°E |
| Seating capacity | 7 (counter) 3 (sofa) |
| Website | curryshopshimizu |
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.
Overview
[edit]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]
Reception
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I do not want to go
If I don't have to go, I don't want to go.
I want to go one time.
I really want to go
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]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c ""Unko aji no karē" o jissai ni tabete mita. Masakano senmon-ten de jisshoku rupo" 「うんこ味のカレー」を実際に食べてみた。まさかの専門店で実食ルポ [I actually tried "poo-flavored curry." A report on the experience at a specialty store.]. SPA! (in Japanese). September 15, 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
- ^ a b c d Wong, Maggie Hiufu (4 November 2015). "Poo curry – Grossest restaurant ever? Inside Japan's poo curry cafe". CNN. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
- ^ "'Tae' pinagkakitaan sa isang resto sa Japan!" ["Poop" was being sold in a restaurant in Japan!]. The Philippine Star (in Filipino). August 19, 2016. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
- ^ Barrell, Ryan (30 September 2015). "There's A Restaurant In Japan Selling Poo-Flavoured Curry (On Purpose)". HuffPost UK. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
- ^ "Sekushī dan'yū ga purode~yūsu,"unko aji no karē senmon-ten" kikan gentei ōpun" セクシー男優がプロデュース、「うんこ味のカレー専門店」期間限定オープン [A sexy actor produces a "poop-flavored curry specialty store" that opens for a limited time]. Netorabo (in Japanese). 15 August 2015. Retrieved 19 September 2025.
- ^ a b Kinoshita, Yuri (December 15, 2015). "Unko aji no karē senmon-ten "karēshoppu shimidzu" heiten retoruto-ka mo kentō" うんこ味のカレー専門店「カレーショップ志み津」閉店 レトルト化も検討 [Poop-flavored curry specialty store "Curry Shop Shimizu" closes; retort pouches considered]. Kai-You. Retrieved 19 September 2025.