Friday night a group of us decided to go to a nearby okonomiyaki (sometimes referred to as Japanese pizza) restaurant, Jambo. It's a small but busy shop, but our timing was pretty close to perfect and we didn't have to wait long for a table. We each got a small order of okonomiyaki, and we split an order of yakisoba.
Kengo was the only one at our table to eat the whole thing. The rest of us made it about half-way through before we admitted defeat. And that was just the small one...I'm terrified of the "Jambo" size!
After dinner we all went downtown to go bowling, which is really expensive compared to what I'm used to back home. One game was 690 yen, and shoe rental was 350 yen.
Somehow I managed to throw five strikes, including a turkey (three strikes in a row)! Sadly, though, the night was not all fun and games.
When we left, Aoife's bike had been stolen! She'd left it unlocked because her lock had gone missing since leaving the house. Her bike had been knocked over while we were all standing around chatting after dinner (after she'd removed the lock from the frame and put it in the basket), so we think it might have fallen out then.
So, we had one more person than we had bicycles. I traded bikes with Julien so he could ride with Aoefi sitting on the back (my bike has a small wire rack of the type often used by Japanese girls as seats on their boyfriends' bikes), and we began the journey home.
Not to be discouraged, the next night we went out again...this time, for nomihodai at a nearby karaoke place. I was reluctant to sing at first, but sang a variety of (mostly 90s) songs before the night was over. Three cheers for nomihodai!
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