Chatsubo Bags
Description: The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel. The Chatsubo was a bar for professional expatriates; you could drink there for a week and never hear two words in Japanese. Ratz was tending bar, his prosthetic arm jerking monotonously as he filled a tray of glasses with draft Kirin. He saw Case and smiled… - William Gibson – Neuromancer Okay. The Japanese is bad, call it deliberate. This is an ex-pats bar and well, Ratz – He don’t care much if his sign reads wrong in Japanese. ;)
Description: The Chatsubo or Chat, is a bar in Ninsei of Chiba City, 2 block east of Jarre de Thé. The bartender was Ratz occasionally replaced by Kurt. Kirin and Tsingtao beer are served there. It was frequented by expatriates; there were almost no Japanese there. Figures seen there were African sailors, Lonny Zone's whores, Wage with his joeboys, and Case. On weeknights it attracted a dealing clientele. On Fridays and Saturdays it was flooded by sailors from the Chiba port and specialists preying on them. In Japanese, chatsubo (茶壺) means "tea bowl"
