After that, we went to a karaoke, Japan’s national entertainment. This was quite fun, but I will elaborate more on the karaoke concept some other time, because the idea we have in Europe of a karaoke is quite different from the japanese style.
After karaoke (around 4.00 am), my party colleagues went to a disco, but I preferred waiting for the first train (5.00) to go home. So, what could I do? I went to a place called Don Quijote (I might be wrong with the spelling, but it’s how it sounds, and it is a well known brand in Tokyo), which is a sort of department store where you can find almost everything at a good price, and bought a futon for my forecast guests. Yes, after 4.00 am.
I think we can include without problems Tokyo in the list of cities in the world who do not sleep, together with New York and Benidorm. 😛 Tell me in which other place you can buy a mattress at 4.30 am without moving from the pub area.
By the way, just imagine me carrying the mattrasse back home in the metro… I was even photographed…
Many people think, Japanese eat sushi every day, but it is not like that, and it is even difficult to find places with good sushi. Today, I found one on my way home, and I decided to buy some for dinner…
… and just for 9 euros. Not expensive at all, right?
Last week, we had an afterwork dinner some of the people who are in the project. It was in the japanese way: a place close to the office, with lots of food and drinks, and a way to talk with your colleagues in a different environment.
According to what I had read, people in this kind of events normally speak more about work, but in an informal way. But, in this case, we talked about work (of course), but also about other stuff, like similarities and differences about cultures, languages, companies, etc.
Very interesting experience, apart from being an excellent teambuilding activity, always needed when starting, and a new oportunity to taste exquisite food and try the famous sake.
By the way, in the restaurant we went, I faced something a colleague from Spain told me.., Going to the toilet, and find these two doors:
Which one would you choose? My colleague told me: “you’ll have to wait until someone else enters, so you know which is for you”… He was right: I didn’t wait and I chose wrongly the first time.
Or at least, that’s what I think it was what I found last thursday when I arrived to my station. The “main square” full of people dancing like this:
After 10 minutes of looking and listening to this music, I came back home whistling this… I will try to get the MP3. 😉
Any way, I agree with the japanese. It’s a once-in-a-life experience. There will be no second time, that’s for sure. 😉