When I find an error it’s only polite to correct it….we went back to the Hobgoblin in Sannomiya last weekend and discovered to my shock (at having told a porkie on this blog) and delight (at being able to now afford it), that the Sunday Roast is actually only ￥1400 (about £7)!. The ￥4000 version is for a party booking and includes all you can drink for 2 hours (which in fact is quite a bargain).
Apologies all round to the Hobgoblin Pub.

Haven’t tried the roast yet, but will let you know.

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1. My Birthday

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Just last week, I had a birthday. In fact I kinda had 2. Me missus was working on the actual day, so I hung out with some friends then, and the next day, had a 2nd birthday with my lady.

First day was a 3hour karaoke extravaganza. In Japan they have this thing called “nomihodai“, which means “drink as much as you want” for a couple of hours for about a tenner. This sounded like a top idea, however, the Japanese don’t seem to understand about drinking during the day, so it’s soft drinks until 7pm! (We started after my work, about 3.30).

So we chipped off, bought a bottle of sake and smuggled it in. Glad I was too drunk to hear myself sing, as got a feeling it was pretty bad.

My tattooable friend was there (having just had another session), so here’s some pics.

Japanese Tattoo

Tattoo

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Kobe can be a strange place.
It was my day off on Friday (St Patricks Day), so we decided to go to Kobe to have some Kobe steak (pricey, but it was White Day this week, and our 18month anniversary the week after, so we thought what the hell).

On the way, we spotted a girl dressed up a bit like little bo peep, so we followed her in the station and she met some friends…being a gaijin, I pretended to be a tourist and got them to pose for a picture…

Gothic Lolita it's Called

About 30 seconds after that, a man wearing a purple suit walked past us, and I noticed he was carrying something under his arm…turned out to be a large chicken (or perhaps cockerel is the better term).
Too shocked to take a photo, I thought the opportunity had gone, until I saw him later, parading his cock for all to see.
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Read the rest of Kobe, St Patricks Day, 3 Little Bo Peeps and a Man and his Chicken (358 words)

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