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With the weather not cooperating in Niigata, as usual, the actual hanami (cherry blossom viewing) in Joetsu was postponed and sadly it is starting to look like I won't get to see them while I am here. Let's just say that my schedule is not getting any easier from here on out. Plus the places I am going will have already had hanami but I am hoping to still catch something somewhere. Anyway, just because the official party was canceled didn't mean that the core crazies wouldn't still party! Sure enough Jamie, Megan, Michelle, and I made the trek down to Joetsu via Kashiwazaki.
After getting slightly lost on the way down we had some beer and snacks at Tiffany's abode before beginning the night. First we headed to a cozy new bar, because the Joetsu girls knew the owner, for a quick drink. This place was straight out of an American family room and was complete with leather couch, coffee table, and fooseball. Then it was off to a local izakaiya that not only had a great nomihodai (all you can drink) and food set but karaoke as well! We definitely spent a few hours in there drinking mini kegs of beer and ordering 24 kiwi sours while eating and singing amongst Japanese military and slaves of Nova. After it was time to dance and we headed to a club, also called Nova ironically enough, for a strange mix of our group and Japanese men. It was mostly the foreigners hogging the floor but we definitely had a good time all by ourselves. This marked the second weekend in a row of going dancing and it has been a blast!
The next day we were awoken by Carrie calling us wanting to eat and in about ten minutes we were out the door. It was decided that we were eating at a place called Cannery Row for lunch. This Italian restaurant had a salad bar that absolutely amazing and we all had more than our fill of it to go along with our pizzas. After four hours of sitting, eating, talking and having a dance party in the parking lot... that's right four hours worth and it was almost time for dinner by the time we left. We departed company for Kashiwazaki and once we got there I decided to stay with Jamie to eat my pizza and talk. A few hours later it was time to head back to Sanjo but the crazies never miss a beat in this country!
posted by Aaron @ 5:07 PM
2 Comments:
Hey Aaron, you should just come over to Kamo sometime - I hear there will be lots of cherry blossoms in Kamoyama Park. I'll let you know when they start.
ummmmm, can we please go back to cannery row and sit ALL day? cause if we don't sit ALL DAY, it's simply not long enough . . . . xoxo!!
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