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Jun 11 2012 23 Comments

Saturday night and Sunday morning

The terror of morning after a very big night out in Tokyo.

Japanese drunk

Categorized: Food and Drink, Photography

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  1. Hans ter Horst says

    6/11/2012 at 8:56 am

    The habit of continuously topping off the glass of the superior can have some funny side effects; I now start to wonder if that isn’t a cruel habit of subordinates trying to get back at their boss 🙂

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    • Lee says

      6/11/2012 at 3:25 pm

      That’s a good point. There’s certainly more than enough bullying to warrant such ‘revenge’.

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  2. Martin says

    6/11/2012 at 9:50 am

    I hope he had a really good time!

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    • Lee says

      6/11/2012 at 3:25 pm

      It certainly looks that way!

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  3. Matt says

    6/11/2012 at 11:20 am

    At least he found a soft spot for his head. Great shot.

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    • Ed says

      6/11/2012 at 12:54 pm

      We all will get this soft spot one day, Matto-san 😉

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      • Matt says

        6/11/2012 at 1:23 pm

        Hopefully not one day too soon though.

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        • Lee says

          6/11/2012 at 3:26 pm

          Me too. Fingers crossed I’ll always manage, one way or another, to get back home.

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  4. Meow • Totoro Times says

    6/11/2012 at 11:21 am

    To me, it looks more like a Wednesday morning 😉

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    • Meow • Totoro Times says

      6/11/2012 at 11:22 am

      Haha, actually a TUESDAY morning, sorry ^^

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      • Lee says

        6/11/2012 at 3:26 pm

        It may well have been Wednesday morning when he woke up!

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  5. winnie says

    6/11/2012 at 1:00 pm

    He must be too drunk that he could fall asleep in this “Bed”!

    Sometimes, after office hours, many of them are so drunk that they talked really Loud with their” Red” faces! And even”polluted” the pathway after the drinking sessions.

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    • Lee says

      6/11/2012 at 3:29 pm

      Yeah, there are some pretty sorry sights to be seen, no doubt about it. In many ways though I see it as strangely positive, as regardless of how brief such inebriation may be, it still allows for some much needed stress release.

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  6. Christopher says

    6/11/2012 at 6:29 pm

    Was this by the Golden Gai in Shinjuku? I’m sure I walked by this guy, I think it was last weekend, either Saturday or Sunday.

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    • Lee says

      6/11/2012 at 7:09 pm

      No way. Yes it was. Same weekend. Same spot!

      It was probably early afternoon when I was there. God knows what time he got up…

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      • Christopher says

        6/12/2012 at 6:46 pm

        I thought so! I had my camera in my bag, but didn’t feel like getting it out for some reason. Thanks for taking the photo!

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  7. Willy says

    6/11/2012 at 8:10 pm

    Ya wanna go have a few beers and a bit of a rave, but more often than not, I found in my time in Japan, some of them want to see you get want to get drop dead drunk on whiskey and other harder liquor things…
    I never really got it. I mean, how do you cement relationships by mutually turning each others’ nervous systems into jelly?

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    • Lee says

      6/11/2012 at 8:45 pm

      Yeah, I know what you mean. Having a good few drinks is great, but taking it to the levels that this fella clearly did, is another thing altogether.

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  8. KenC says

    6/11/2012 at 10:13 pm

    He must have been in control as he still has his tie on properly.

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    • Lee says

      6/12/2012 at 7:52 am

      Yeah, I noticed that too. For somebody so drunk, he somehow still mangaged to remain immaculately dressed.

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  9. Jeffrey says

    6/12/2012 at 12:40 am

    What I always wonder when I see a picture like this is which is worse, the hangover or the fact that you passed-out dead drunk in a position that is sure to have resulted in extreme pain in more than one place once you wake up?

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    • Lee says

      6/12/2012 at 7:53 am

      For me personally, the hangover would still be my biggest problem.

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  10. Steven says

    6/20/2012 at 12:28 am

    That looks like a napkin on his stomach. Someone was considerate.

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