At its peak, there were over 200 stores, but now there are only 56. Why has Yakiniku Sakai drastically shrunk in the last 20 years? The number of bankruptcies in the yakiniku industry is at an all-time high, and it's in a "winter period"

If you go past the now-defunct Shinjuku Alta and head straight towards Kabukicho, you will see the Yakiniku restaurant Sakai in a corner of Central Road. This long-established restaurant is located on the fourth floor of a multi-tenant building in a downtown area with dazzling neon lights at night. I usually don't notice it, but I found it on Google...