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Noren
Photograph at: Sagamihara-City, Kanagawa Pref, Japan
In the ramen restaurant "Yonaki-Ken"
Many Japanese restaurant or shops have their original design of "Noren" which hang in front of the shop's door. In old days, The shopmaster handed over the same design of "Noren" to some shop stuffs to allow him to have another shop of his own(It's called "Noren-wake"[Noren-sharing]). It's one of the trademark of the shop.