Otaku Drinking Party

On Saturday after all of the festivals I went out with one of my Japanese co-workers (Katagiri-san) to meet with his Otaku friends. His friends wanted to see what foreign otakus were like and apparently I was one that fit that description. First, for the Japanese impaired, "Otaku" pretty much means someone who really likes anime/video games/etc. I often talked to Katagiri-san about this sort of stuff, and I'm sure he's seen that in my music collection I have tons of anime/game music, so I must haveve fit this description.

Anyways I met up at around six in Ikebukuro with Randy and Marek. After walking around for a little bit and enjoying the great weather we met his friends at an Izakaya. Katagiri-san previously mentioned that all of his friends were girls, which made the entire experience even more interesting.

It Izakaya was a small quaint little place. Throughout the night we ordered various food and drinks. His friends were very interesting. It was really interesting getting to talk to a different social group and really networking. All of this otaku stuff that I usually hide when I am around girls was really fun to talk about to people with common interests.


At about 11pm we called it a night and returned to Atsugi. After a number/email exchange change and an hour trip back to Atsugi I passed out in my bed. It had been a long good day.