What is that very long japanese table called? They have them at
japanese restaurants where multiple customers will all sit at one
massively long table... what is that table called?

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Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 30 Oct 2006 13:47 PST

Is this the kind of table that you have in mind?

http://www.ichioku.com.au/teppanyaki.htm

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Clarification of Question by sn1022-ga on 01 Nov 2006 17:24 PST

Yes that answers it.

I'm glad to have been able to help you identify the type of table you
were looking for. The table is called a "teppan table" or "teppanyaki
table." These communal tables are often long and straight, but they
are sometimes round, or may be in the form of a counter that resembles
that of an American diner.

"Teppanyaki or table top cooking style claimed to have started in
Japan around 1945...In the hand of a skillful chef freshly seasonal
food cooked on teppanyaki table where dinner sit around is an exciting
and entertaining.

In Japanese, teppan means an iron plate or a steel sheet, and yaki,
stir-fried food or stir-frying. Teppanyaki is stir-fried meat and
vegetables cooked and eaten off a large, table-top grill.Teppans are
made of stainless steel of varying shape and size. The Teppanyaki
table generally consists of a large rectangular steel plate surrounded
by a table surface on three sides where the guests sit and eat. The
fourth side is where the chef prepares the meal in a most enjoyable
way. A large teppan, including the surrounding counter from which
diners eat, can seat as many as 20 people

In Ichioku Teppanyaki, one of the teppan tables is long enough to
serve 15 people. With three gas burners operating along the teppan
plate our skilful chef can cook all the meals at the same time."

Ichioku Japanese Teppanyaki Restaurant
http://www.ichioku.com.au/teppanyaki.htm

My Google search strategy:

Google Web Search: japanese restaurant "long OR communal table" 
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=japanese+restaurant+%22long+OR+communal+table%22

Google Web Search: teppan OR teppanyaki table
://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=teppan+OR+teppanyaki+table

Best regards,
pinkfreud