A night at a bowling alley in Tokyo.
Photos:
- Top: L-R: Mel from NY (coworker of Kim), Kim (my flatmate), Me, Brian (another coworker of Kim). Every time a girl wears one of their costumes, they get a free cell phone charm. Kim and I got ours, but Mel and Brian were just plain out of luck.
- Middle left: get your bowling shoes from a vending machine: "The Autoshoeser"
- Middle right: Bowling alley. TV screens everywhere you look.
- Bottom left: Final scores. Yes, the 38 was my proud conclusion to the evening. And as a side-note "Bolan" was the way the Japanese employees typed Brian into the computer. At least we all got a good laugh out of it.
- Bottom right: Kim and I had thought about purchasing a snack for the train ride home. That is, until Brian ruined the moment and told us they were "cabbage flavored." People who can read Japanese just suck the fun out of everything sometimes. We went home empty-handed...I'm not THAT brave yet.
2 comments:
wow Melanie! I'm so excited for you to be in Japan. If you can share some surprising cultural differences you've run into that would be interesting to hear! Good luck and embrace it all :o)
Deb, I have to wonder if this is the first time you've dressed up in a bowling pin? I think you are far to accepting of such a thing as a costume which begs to be knocked over... if you know what I mean. I'm only just goading, but really I'm happy to see that you can experience such rich activities as Japanese bowling, indeed it was their bowling that first made me love the great empire of Japan.
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