Friday in Roppongi

Well it's Friday and I've got a day off work as it's a holiday over here for the site, as luck would have it it coincides with the first full day that Ben and Tristan are here in Utsunomiya.
They got up fairly late because of the flight and going out last night, feed back I'm getting from them is wow! were in Japan bring it on. They've plans to climb Mount Fuji and see other things before going home but this weekend apparently is to be spent in Tokyo and they've booked a hotel for two nights there, guess I'll join them later but I'm going to get the train in and depending on the time either get the last train back or the first train Saturday morning back, will see how it goes.
After they get up i took them for lunch at a place called CoCo's and easy introduction to food over here and pretty close actually you can see it from the window in the apartment, food is a cross between western and Japanese it's good, think it maybe some chain from over in the states as there are a few of them here. After that it was a bit of a tour round Utsunomiya but as it was hot and they were planning on going to Tokyo we didn't see a lot, Ben was fascinated by the grammar on this sign for my favorite supermarket though, got to say the food is much better than the grammar, and also the Manga book/comic he got Tristan to hold. So anyway off we go back to the apartment for them to get ready and go to Tokyo and find there hotel and go out for the night, I'd decided to join them but would get the train and meet them later.
So off they go and get the train thought I'd take the chance to go to the gym for an hour as i probably wouldn't get to go much in the next few days, I'd a feeling we may be doing a bit of drinking.
Had arranged to meet up about 10.30 outside the Almond Cafe in Roppongi, apparently it's very central and used as a meeting point but as I've never been don't know.
So do my hour at the gym get back and get changed, running late as usual so phone and say i won't make it till about 11.30 Ben's phone just goes to voice mail though. So much for catching the last train back as i ended up catching the last train to there which got into Tokyo about 30mins aft the last train to Utsunomia had left the station.
Finally get to Tokyo about 11.30 then have to catch the subway to Roppongi, had finally managed to get in touch with Ben and had arranged to meet in a pub called the Hobgoblin, get there about 12 they'd had a few by then of course.
















We then moved on to a few other bars, was actually surprised that there was a bar there where the beer was cheaper then in Utsunomiay, it was called the Piccadilly or the Underground something like that anyway and know locally as the 500 yen bar, this is us there posing with a couple of local girls. I look pretty surprised in one of the photos but a guess that's one thing about being old you get to pose with the girls.







Few more photos below of Ben an Tristan in a few more bars, turned out to be a real good night.
Actually they are not all of B and T there is the odd on of yours truly and some random Swiss guy turned up as well. Ben said he got lost in Tokyo on Saturday morning and too a photo of himself trying to get home but i think that he was a little drunk and his hotel was behind him all the time, didn't say much when i pointed that out.

Sorry about the bolg think it is going to be mostly about being out and about in Tokyo, but for the next couple of days think that's what's going to happen as they want to go out in Roppongi again tomorrow, they do want to do some sight seeing so they tell me, but seeing Tokyo is sight seeing even if you are in a bar.
Oh, forgot to say i left before they did so i could get the train, it was Saturday morning and not the first train to Utsunomiya unfortunately. Try negotiating the subway and train system in Japan when you've been out all night, think i got home about 9am. Tristan left Ben to his own devices and went back to the hotel a bit after i left, Ben went for coffee somewhere with some random Swiss guy and a couple of girls and then promptly got lost on his way home so he tells me.
Will find out more tomorrow when i see them for the next installment of Tokyo at night, anyway that's Friday night come Saturday morning over until next time, which may turn out to be Saturday night come Sunday morning, may have to give it a miss but they are only here once.