I have only recently started living in Japan, a few weeks ago my cousins came to visit me. While they were here I decided to take them out to an Izakaya in Shinjuku as a treat. We sat there eating and drinking for a good many hours, very likely spending more money than anyone in the room. Though the Izkaya was very busy there were many seats still available. The staff after some time kept dropping off the bill asking us to leave. We were not being loud or disruptive, and in the other room there were plenty of seats available. We could not understand why we were being asked to leave when we were spending a lot of money consistently. Is there something that we did wrong, or some sort of social rule I may have missed?
by Dazzling-Pen-7322