Another Party Weekend....

My blog updating is already getting slack! will try to fill you in on last weekend's events and then hopefully will post a another blog entry this week about the weekend just past (went to a traditional japanese tea ceremony). eventually i should have everything up to scratch.

phew... last weekend was another riotous party weekend (i swear there is more to japan than just drinking!). i headed over to Isesaki, a neighbouring town about 30 mins drive from Takasaki, to my friend Anthony's house for a party. there was a lovely bunch of gaijins sitting around watching the K1 fighting championships on tv. i discovered that K1 fighting is basically a real-life version of Street Fighter (the videogame) minus the crazy outfits. when the match finally ended (i didn't catch the winner) we moved on to a Brazilian night club and danced the night away to RnB and bad 90's techno. the club itself was packed with japanese and brazilian patrons and was decked out with fancy disco lighting and even (cue drum roll) a bubble dispensing machine on the ceiling.

Bubbles on the dancefloor!!

After dancing all night we decided to continue our raging into the following day. we (myself, Gemma and Anthony) boarded a train and headed to the Ashikaga Wine Festival, what a day it turned out to be!! i have never seen so many drunken people congregated in one area, it was hilarious. we met up with a small group of friends and sat on the hillside with our wine bottles counting the passouts. in less than a minute i tallied about 20 dozing drunks dotted precariously around the place. it was a beautiful sunny day and the vineyard where the festival was held was perched high up on the mountain side so all around us were thick green pine forests and a picturesque view of Ashikaga town. my bottle of japanese white wine was sweet and fruity and after polishing it off (along with various, generous samplings of other bottles) i began to feel slightly drunk. i remember having indepth conversatons about reggae music to a complete stranger, suducing helpless German men and participating in a heartfelt, group rendition of Dirty Dancing classics whilst lining up for the shuttle bus back to the train station..... enough said.

gradually on my way to getting pissed at the wine fest....

Then, on tuesday night i headed back to yea ol' faithful Odessa for Gemma's final farewell party - gem, if you're reading this i miss you, promise i'll see you when i eventually do the trip back home!

some of the party people at Odessa

There are lots more photos to see here. about 2 weeks ago i bought a brand-spankin new digital camera inTokyo and i've been going snap happy with it! it's my precious.

enjoy the read. x