teramachi, mr. young men && the typical friday night

mr. young men is a little restaurant in teramachi-dori, a pedestrian street lined with a ton of different shops. teramachi is kind of hard to describe, but it's an amazing place to do shopping on a rainy day. [i will take some pictures the next time i go] anyway, mr. young men was where my friends and i decided to have dinner after a couple hours of shopping. 

danielle and i split the okonomiyaki meal, each of us paying only ￥390 for dinner. okonomiyaki is delicious ^_^ it's a popular dish, but i've never really had it before. i tried a little bit over the summer, but not enough to have developed an impression either way. the okonomiyaki also came with soup and onigiri. i was full before i had even finished half of it! 

something interesting about mr. young men: it has porn magazines for the customers to "peruse". we saw a man sitting by himself at a nearby table indiscreetly flipping through one. i wonder if that's normal in japan...

anyway, the guys went to an arcade-- and the girls did some more shopping ^_^  we met up again after a few hours and did the usual ~ go to a lawson's, buy cheap beer and snacks, and then off to the riverside to chill and talk. i tried a 4% mango drink this time. it was a little sweet, but still my "cup of alcohol" lol :)

again, sitting by the riverside and seeing all the couples there... it really made me feel lonely/sad about the current situation =\  

[but i guess i'll just have to wait and see... it won't be too long ^_^]