Sake Matsuri # 2

So yesterday was the first day of the Saijo Sake festival, and once again the streets of Saijo (well the Boulevard and Sake breweries) were buzzing with throngs of people. This being my second Sake festival I had booked the Saturday as a paid holiday, and invited Shiori to come down to enjoy the proceedings.

We decided to go into Hiroshima in the day, as my fellow co-workers were not going to be there until after 6 anyway. Except Jimmy. Who spent 8 hours in the company of sake. Not a good idea. And when we finally met him, here was the living proof the too much alcohol is not a good thing.

However when we got down to the station to go into Hiroshima, the Boulevard was awash with people, mainly Japanese and a variable mix of smells wafting from the numerous food stalls. Resisting the temptation to eat proved difficult, but we decided to eat in Hiroshima, where I took Shiori to Molly Malones for good ole pub food (I had the fish n chips and she had a pie and mash).

When we returned to Saijo, many more Gaijins had now descended on the scene and the only Japanese left were either late, or asleep from too much Sake. We met up with Evan, Kaori, Derrick, Ken and our two new teachers, David and Jessica and had a fair few cups of fine Japanese rice wine.

After we met Matt (who arrived late so couldn't get in) and went to the usual post Sake Festival party at Mondo. Shiori and Kaori chatted, leaving me to talk to Evan, David and anyone else...

I was in bed by 12...Shiori had to catch an early train and I was in a 10am this morning...YAWN!