| Current-Owner: | Takeshi Yoshino and Natsuko Grace Yoshino |
| Food-Type: | Texan cuisine |
| Dress-Code: | Casual, Western wear |
| Street-Address: | Meguro-Daiichi-Bldg. B1F 1-5-19 |
| City: | Meguro, Tokyo |
| Country: | Japan |
is a honky-tonk and Texan cuisine restaurant in Meguro, Tokyo, Japan.[1] Opened in 2005,[2] it is owned and operated by Takeshi Yoshino and his wife Natsuko Grace Yoshino,[3] [4] after Takeshi heard Japanese country music artist Dave Kuboi he became fascinated with Westerns, Western wear, and the Western lifestyle.[5] It is one of the main venues for country and Western music in Japan.[3]
The restaurant is decorated with memorabilia from the Southern and Southwestern United States.[6] Its menu focuses on food inspired by Texas, and its neighboring states of Louisiana, Oklahoma, and New Mexico, including steak, tacos, chicken-fried steak, jambalaya, Texas-shaped dessert waffles, along with related Japanese cuisine dishes like taco rice. But it also includes broader American cuisine influenced foods, hot dogs and spaghetti and meatballs.[7]
As a music venue for Japanese country and western musicians, it features a stage and dance floor.[8] They also offer line dance lessons.[3] [9]
In 2011 then Texas Governor Rick Perry named Takeshi and Natsuco Yoshino honorary Texans.[2] [10]