Japan Photo Blog, Vol. 53: A Night Out.
遊ぶ 🕺🏻
Asobu. "Play."
Here in Japan the word asobu, meaning "to play," is not only used to refer to children playing, but also to adults going out for drinks or a night on the town with a friend. I went pub-hopping and ramen hunting with a good friend of my own last night, and wanted to share the visual feast with you. I also tried jellyfish for the first time, to my knowledge, on a strange sidenote.
Let's go.
(Thanks for stopping by. If you missed the last Japan Photo Blog, Vol. 52, "Photos from a trip to Nagano, Japan," you can find it here.)
~KafkA
Graham Smith is a Voluntaryist activist, creator, and peaceful parent residing in Niigata City, Japan. Graham runs the "Voluntary Japan" online initiative with a presence here on Steem, as well as Facebook and Twitter. (Hit me up so I can stop talking about myself in the third person!)
Looks like a fun evening! I've never tried jellyfish either (although I'd be willing to). Seems like one of those foods you could use to gross out foreign visitors. When my brother came to Japan to visit me several years back, I enjoyed eating octopus in front of him and deliberately let a tentacle hang out of my mouth while doing so. The look on his face was priceless.
Have you ever tried whale meat? That's another item on my list of things to experience before I leave Japan, just for the novelty of eating something controversial.
Yeah that's what I was thinking too. Jellyfish? That sounds really interesting. This will weird everyone out back home.
Funny story about the octopus. I can picture that in my mind very clearly. Ha ha.
I haven't tried whale, but I would want to try it for the same reason. Have you tried basashi, the horse-meat sashimi? I had it for the first time last summer and it was pretty darn good!
I did try basashi once several years ago during my one and only trip to Fukuoka in Kyushu. I think it was a regional specialty or something, not half bad. Trying all sorts of interesting, different foods is one of the great joys of living in Japan!
Agreed!
Japan is awesome, thanks for the photos, I love them.
Hey, what good pictures. I would like to meet Japan someday.
Greetings.
You are welcome here anytime brother. Mi casa es su casa.
wonderfull u was enjoy with ur friend and share this its good @kafkanrcy84 sir...wish u best with ur family and ur cute son and ur bests,,cheers!
The streets are not very side, do they drive on those streets? Is that a picture of the jellyfish? How was it? Nothing better than a fun night out with the buds :) SUNSHINE247
The streets are often really narrow, and yeah, cars drive on them. Everybody tends to kind of watch out for one another, though. More like a village mentality than an "every man for himself" kind of thing. It's both nice and frustrating at times :)
Wow, here in the US I believe people would just run the other into the building :) LOL!!! No patience over here :( That is super cool though, seems like people are really nice there .. lucky you!!! SUNSHINE247
Asobu! A great word and great photos. Looks like a fun night out. How was the jellyfish?
Hey, @melinda010100! Thanks for the comment. I like asobu, too. The jellyfish was great! Super tasty!
Amazing place. you are really enjoying your life. Keep posting.
Wow! You are enjoying greatly with your friends. I think jellyfish may be from Pacific Ocean, the places are very beautiful. You looks awesome in the selfy. Have a great day friend, Happy steeming.
Good to see you having fun. Once in a while it's good to set time aside for asobu :) Nice pics btw
Yep, definitely need it sometimes. Thanks!
Those pictures look great. I hope you had a good night out!