After we met up, and all the introductions were over with, we walked to some local bar in what is basically the Red Light district of Japan. I was informed that guys who travel alone through this area are chased down and convinced to go to some (and I quote) "Titi-bar." Luckily this did not happen to us... although I think it would have been entertaining. The bar we went to was really nice, and the drinks and food were really good!! Unfortunately I'm blanking on the name.
After the bar, we walked around and finally decided on staying out all night, and going to a club called Feria. Considering how it was Tuesday night, it was pretty much empty and was more like another bar. The entrance fee is 1000 yen (= 10 bucks) and covers 3 drinks for girls, or 2 drinks if you are a guy. We sat for a bit on the first floor, where the music was blasting like crazy, and after went to the third floor. It was quiet and there was hardly anybody there. We just sat at the bar, and eventually made friends with the bartender. He was hysterical with impressions and his English was really good!! His girlfriend is adorable!! <-- He showed us some photos :)
A little while later this Japanese guy sat down by us. I think he was pretty tipsy at this point and ordered a champagne bottle. The cheapest one starts at 160$$. Craziness. Anyways, the bartender was like you guys want a glass? The guy overheard that it was one of our birthdays soon, so he toasted. After that bottle was finished... one of our friends ordered another bottle. Haha bottle wars ^__^ The mystery man (don't know his name) was just smitten with our AMAZING Japanese speaking ability (total lie) so he ordered another two bottles of red wine, and bought food for us. Even though it sounds it... it wasn't sketch at all.
By the way.... small side note... in Japan if you can say "konnichiwa" everyone automatically says "Jyozu ne!!" which sort of translates to "Wow your Japanese is so good!" This is a total lie and in all honestly your Japanese probably sucks. If a Japanese person were to come to the U.S. and say "Hello," we would probably be like "wuts up?" or "what do you want?" Japanese people are very encouraging ne?
So back to the story, the mystery guy ended up pretty much spending 1000 dollars on us. The bartender drank too and so did another server! Even the owner of the club came down and met with us. It sort of feels like a dream now. It was so much fun!! Haha the bartender even gave us his business card and said that if we came back another night, we should let him know and we can be on his guest list. Aka cheaper entrance fee ^__^ Talk about totally sweet!
Currently it is Thursday and my placement exam is tomorrow :( At 8 pm I was supposed to register for my classes back at GW, but unfortunately I am an idiot. I completely forgot my GWeb password, and after guessing a couple of times, I have been banned. Cry me a river... Now I have to wait till who knows when to sign up for my classes. As I said on Facebook.... this is definitely an FML situation.
haha actually when they are saying jyouzu its not a lie. they are totally and utterly amazed that you can speak japanese if they think you're a tourist. they are actually convinced japanese is the trickiest and most secret language out there hahah
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