Kabukicho Izakaya

Yesterday I went with a few friends from my Japanese class back in America, one of my coworkers, and my Japanese professor from Texas Tech to an Izakaya in Shinjuku. Incidentally, the Izakaya was in the biggest red light district in Japan (Kabukicho), but the drinks were cheap and environment was nice so it was ok.

For those who don't know, an Izakaya (居酒屋) is pretty much somewhere between a bar and an actual restaurant. You go in and normally sit in a private room. You can order drinks and cheap appetiezers and socialize with whoever you brought. It is a good place to talk and socialize and often times I will do language exchanges there.



The room we were in was pretty unique. It was like a small mini bar where one person sat behind the counter. There was a door that led to the otherside under the bar that Stephanie managed to crawl through somewhere to the otherside.



Overall it was pretty fun. It was nice catching up with people from Tech and at the same time put into reality that soon I would be returning to America. As I stated in a previous post I plan on coming back to Japan after graduation. Japan is easy to live in, safe, and fairly financialy stable.

Next month is going to be really busy. Apart from having to wrap up everything at work (documentation), and packing up my apartment, my father and sister will also be coming to Japan to visit. I have to plan all of what we are going to do. I am taking a trip to Kansai with my sister so that should be pretty fun.