41)  Saturday night, on top of the Chunichi Building near the centre of Nagoya, I enjoyed a raucous all-you-can-eat/all-you-can-drink party.  I was pleased to see, immediately on entering, that the Aussie spirit had survived translation.  (Or it says "Love Bees".  Take your pick.)

 

 

42)  On the way there, we saw lots of kids out and about in the national costumes (I never found out why) and that sentiment extended to adults too, who here are mostly wearing yukata, summer kimono.

 

 

43)  After the rooftop booze-fest, I retired to the Tiger Café, a venue that could have been in Paris or possibly Melbourne.  I may have talked too much about Dr Who, for which I felt a bit bad.

 

 

44)  The walls of the Tiger Café were tiled in a very strange fashion.  If you look closely at the picture below, you'll see that the bugs are wearing bridal gowns and possibly holding bouquets.  The ones on either side both are holding shamisen, three-stringed banjos with long necks.  I was afraid to ask.  Maybe it's something to do with the bees.

 

 

45)  I know this is supposed to be about things I like in Japan, but Starbucks deserves a mention here because it's the only place in all Japan I found that served decaf coffee.  Kim and I rested our feet in one on Sunday, June 3, during a massive shopping spree.  Outside, the rain was pissing down.  There might have been a cake or two involved.

 

 

 

 

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