Night on the Town

Friday night, I went  to the Funky Friday college group at Stephanie's church. I had to leave early because I wanted to go out with some buddies to see Casino Royale. After the movie we planned to stay in a capsule hotel, for fun rather than necessity.

Funky Friday was fun, we had egg salad sandwhiches and had a nice time of chatting and fellowship before I had to head out to Ikebukero for the movie. Since it was my last Friday in Japan, I said goodbye to my friends and thanked them for their generosity and hospitality.

I probably should have started my goodbyes earlier because I ended up being a couple minutes late for the movie. Fortunately, they were still showing the typical, "turn of your phone" warnings. One of these had me laughing as it instructed movie watchers to wait in their seats for instructions from theatre employees in the event that the theatre caught on fire. I don't know about you but if I ever find myself in a burning theatre I am not waiting for anyone.

Casino Royale was fantastic. For those of you who don't know, this is the new James Bond movie. It features a wonderful new addition to the franchise: a compelling plot that actually makes sense. I highly recommend it to fans of the action genre.

After the movie we went to Shinjuku in search of a capsule hotel but the few that found were very seedy and expensive. Instead of sleeping, we spent the night wandering the town, hitting arcades and 24 hr. stores and restraunts. We finished up by riding the train all the way around the Yamanote loop. It was a great time.

I ended up getting home around 8:00 on Saturday and sleeping until late afternoon.