While I was underwhelmed by the technology level of Japan, I do have to say that alleys are pretty great.

Tiny little back alleys full of restaurants and bars, people grilling meat and serving drinks… The golden gai and piss alley areas were especially fun at night. Many restaurants had signs that said “no foreigners”, which seemed a bit rude as I’m a pretty cool bear. They shouldn’t judge like that. 😠

We spent some time exploring all the alleys, stopping into random restaurants for some skewers. The skewers were good, even if people were biased against bears and buds.

We saw some pretty weird stuff. That was also cool.

Nicholas and Pokin met up with their friends Laura and Chris and packed into one of those little bars for some food and fun.

I’m warming up more to Japan.