Mr Sparkle?

A group of us country folk went down to the big city of Hiroshima on saturday night!Some ALT friends had a gig at this bar so I tagged along as their number one fan.

So how was it? It was a great overnight stay! Firstly we found an overnight carpark for the car.. one where theres a little hole in the wall and the car goes into the hole and then gets carried away to god knows where by machines... Its something from a science fiction movie.


The band were great! Didn't have a name but then it suddenly became Mr Sparkle... ? Anyway lots of atmosphere, great venue, nice people, good songs! Had a great night.

Hiroshima nightlife is.. lively. There were so many places to go in Hiroshima.. just streets and alleys of buildings with different snack bars and clubs on each level.. Their unique names printed on old signs that would just ascend up into the sky. Walking down the old alleys at 3am still packed with people. Two, one million dollar Bentleys roll past, ok fair enough. Guys walking around in suits and sunglasses. Half the males look like they from the Japanese mafia. Females dressed up, some so over the top. Honestly this is a place for a documentary. You see so many interesting stuff go down and people that you just go wow, I really wonder who they are, what lives they lead.

Had a little 4am meal at a tiny snack bar run by a really nice filipino couple. Went outside and 5 fire trucks appear from the surrounding alleyways, firemen run into one of the many buildings, as something has gone down in one of them. There are just so many interesting people to meet, so many experiences to be had and stories to be told in places like this. Havent even scratched the surface. I am so coming back here when i`m at uni. Everything is new and intriguing. The atmosphere is like something from a movie.

The whole sci-fi theme is strong too. From arriving there, there are plenty of mechanics we dont have in Austalia. To start with, seeing plenty of those mechanic carparks and giant moving disks on the ground. Then to finish off the taxis have automatic doors. After getting out of the taxi at 5am and the door isnt shutting properly.. It just kept bouncing back open. The taxi looked like it was trying to fly as the two back doors continually try to slam shut on their own.. can everyone get that picture? Its was just amusing and weird. That just added to the whole foreign atmosphere of the night. Just standing there with that taxi and its automatic doors..

Stayed the night at some guys apartment. 7 people in a Japanese apartment. Let me lay it out for you. I was half under the dining table, the kitchen was behind my head, I could reach over and turn the shower on with my left hand, the toilet was on the left too but behind a door which they managed to add. Ontop of that extreme summer humidity.