So, we made it back to Hiroshima, and back to the hostel where we picked up our room key. We were sleeping on tatami mats, which weren’t exactly comfortable but they were better than sleeping on the floor.

The vegetarian restaurant we were planning on eating at was closed for the night (this happened at least once a day) – so we stopped at a Spanish tapas place. Whitney had a salad with a tomato or two, and the fruit from our sangria. Dave & I split several appetizers, all of which were uneventful. Afterwards we headed to find a karaoke bar…we got pretty lost, and asked some high school kids where to get beer at, but then we eventually found the drunk businessman and followed them to the giant KIRIN BEER sign.


We made friends quickly by buying a round of ZIMA for some Japanese kids singing karaoke. David is an excellent singer (including karaoke), so we had a great time.

Vast quantities of alcohol were consumed, and one Japanese guy donned a wig and a guitar (for AIR GUITAR) and then sang a song that had a little dance that went along with it. At the end of this song, he TOOK OFF HIS PANTS and yelled “I AM SOOOOOOO BIIIIIIIIIIIIIG”. It was hilarious. Immediately the bartender started yelling at him, very fast and very insistently, in Japanese. Soon after that, this picture was taken. Guess which guy it was!

We got pretty lost on the way back and eventually found a cab driver that 1) spoke english and 2) knew where the hostel was. (We weren’t very far away). Whitney & David were insistent on going up onto the roof – they didn’t in the end (i was sorta a wet blanket on that grand idea) but here is a funny picture of them being VERY QUIET…

And here we are moments before trying to put together the tatami mat/futon arrangement:

On To Day 4, Atomic Bomb Dome

Related posts:

1. Japan Day 2, Tokyo
2. Japan Day 3, Miyajima (AM)
3. Japan Day 1, Tokyo