Drinks

The lads went out last night (apart from Rushen) to a little bar just down the road. We call it an educational outing, though it's more just getting a drink. The Japanese seem to like our enthusiasm for the language, and find it quite amusing that we just shout out the random words we have learnt, like "company worker", "cow", and "umbrella".

I'm enjoying certain aspects of Japan, like the zaniness of the locals, the language, the public transport (!). Other things I don't like: most of the food, the backwardsness of a supposedly technologically advanced country, the food, the expensive prices, etc., etc. This bar had a couple of zany clients, as well as the bar lady (Kazuko). She taught us a few words, and drew kanji on our flash cards. Even more strange was the DVD of Singin' in the Rain (1952) on in the background!

The crazy old cook (maybe her mother?) brought us out a bowl of somen (Japanese noodles) each. They were basically thin noodles sitting in oil. Tasted good though, but James had the short straw since his seemed to be loaded with ginger which the old lady found hilarious.

When we going to leave, one of the other clients offered to buy one of our drinks each, so we must have made a good impression, which was weird since we hadn't spoken to him the entire time. We then bought him a drink collectively, so in the end my ￥400 umeshu actually cost ￥90 (45p). A pretty good deal - thank you whoever you were. We then took loads of crazy photos.