The ninja of Konoha were very quiet at night, and very few people were out and about then. They all chose to rest in their own homes. The shops did not stay open late at night either; they closed early so their owners could go home and rest.
Only a handful of shops kept their doors open, so that people who felt hungry in the middle of the night could have a late-night meal.
People who went to bed at night sometimes woke up in the middle of the night feeling very hungry, and they did not want to cook for themselves. So they chose to get dressed and leave home, looking for restaurants outside that had not closed, where they could enjoy a delicious meal.
In Konoha, only those few shops stayed open at night, and some of them opened only at night, not during the day at all.
The reason they did not open during the day was so they could have plenty of energy to cook for their customers at night! They were also very cheerful at night, and only then could they find that motivation to cook. Cooking at night was a very interesting experience.
When Ruri was in college, he rather liked staying up late. Whenever he returned to his dorm room at night, he would stare at his computer for several hours straight.
During those hours, he would not even go to the bathroom, nor would he feel hungry. He would immerse himself wholeheartedly in his computer.
It really was strange. Did staring at his computer for so long not give him a headache? And did his eyes not get sore either?
In the city where Ruri had lived in his previous life, he often went out for late-night meals, and there were quite