The end of the weekend it may have been, but on this occasion at least, some cheap beers and cheery friends were more than enough to subdue — at least temporarily — those dreaded Sunday night blues.
Cheap and very cheerful Tokyo beers
Photographs from a small group of islands
Willy says
Looks like my kinda fun! BTW.. found an interesting abandoned building link. ..
http://myscienceacademy.org/2013/04/14/the-33-most-beautiful-abandoned-places-in-the-world/
Lee says
Cheers for the link. Wow. Some of them are pretty special, aren’t they?
Taki says
It’s therapeutic to have those laughs with friends.
Lee says
It certainly is. And when you see how many hours large numbers of Japanese work. And the stress of their commutes. It’s pretty much essential.
Chris says
Awesome. Those dingy little bars were some of my favourite places to go when I lived in Tokyo.
Lee says
Yeah, they are great. Wonderful atmosphere, and equally pleasant prices. Can’t beat them.
Hans ter Horst says
Great shot, really a nice atmosphere to it!
Lee says
Thanks! It was. They turned up and immediately transformed the place. Boisterous in all the best ways.
Lizzy says
This photo makes me happy. 🙂 Thanks for the smile today.
Lee says
Not at all. Glad to hear it!
Squidpuppy says
My guess is it was the guy in the hat and glasses that made the funny. Any idea what was so hilarious? It’s like a beer commercial ^_^ Was it difficult capturing such a real life spontaneous moment? Were you having a beer at the next table?
Lee says
It does, doesn’t it? The healing powers of beer!
They were all laughing and smiling from the minute they turned up, so this kanpai moment was just a continuation of that really.
Yeah, I was having a beer at the next table, so it was surprisingly easy to capture their expressions/happiness. I waited for the obligatory kanpai, and then got the shot above. If only it was always so easy, not to mention fun.
Iwao Yamamoto says
At one time when I was very young with my colleagues whose job is the same one we drank and talked like this. How enjoyable to drink and talk with a big smile and a big voice. What a wonderful moment it was! Japanese people are hilarious at this moment. Even now I spent these time with fellows of my chorus club.
Lee says
Yeah, good times, and important times.
ex-expat says
Perhaps out of the need to do something else besides stare out vacantly onto the morning scene on F Street, but who and when introduced beer to Japan? My gut says the Germans…..
Lee says
The Dutch it would seem.
ex-expat says
Hmm that makes sense. Wonder if the Japanese began to imbibe during the Bakufu?
Lee says
For a country that has such an established and important drinking culture, it must go way back in one form or another.