Adventures in Japan

Futon fiasco

Beautiful weather! Temperature close to 20°C. In January. Yay!


Trevor and I went to the Umeda Sky Building and actually paid to ride the elevator to the top. For some reason I expected there to be a garden up there, what with it being called The Floating Garden Observatory and all, but no. Still a nice view though. We saw... stuff. A lot of bridges, many airplanes, trains, and a few rooftop swimming pools.

After a stop at NHK for more Domo-kun stuff and a walk through Den Den Town where Trevor did not buy a digital camera, we ended up back at The Hub for happy hour, where I discovered the wonders of the Strong Bull (double vodka, beer, cider & Red Bull energy drink). It was oh so tasty, and made me rather giddy. Good stuff. I'd almost pay full price for one. So feelin' real good, we met up with Tyler in Umeda and had some drinks at the stand-up bar. Then we went home and dumped our stuff. While we were there, we drank some more. Then it was off to meet Ben the Aussie & Che the Kiwi at Green Leaf where, believe it or not, we consumed alcohol in beverage form. Also, Ben gave me some funky socks.

All this led up to another thoroughly enjoyable yet mostly forgotten night at Rock Rock. What we've been able to piece together is that a girl with a beehive was having a birthday party, we met a VERY tall German studying biochemistry, and drinking at Rock Rock results in videos of singing & dancing almost as funny as karaoke. Ben disappeared at some point, but the rest of us stayed until first train. I think a strange man was laughing at us as we drunkenly ate our breakfasts at Yoshinoya.

You probably all think we're alcoholics, but I'm pretty sure we're not.