Today we went to the Sapporro Beer Factory/Museum/Biergarten and I feel like it's a great segue into the topic of drinking in Japan.
For those of you with the misconception that Japan is full of conservative tee-totalers, you are highly mistaken. The ppl here could even give Hannah and I a run for our money. It's no big deal to order a beer with breakfast at 8:30am at the train station (my dad, not me I swear!), the bars are open until 4:30am (a poor choice when stumbling home at 6am when you have to check out of your hotel at 10am) and the Beer Factory has an all-you-can-eat/drink for 100min lamb/beer special which makes for a wonderful late morning lunch haha.
The downside: you kind of smell weird after all of these experiences. They let you smoke EVERYWHERE (even McDonalds - sacrilege I know) so after 5 days and 100 shampoos my hair still smells of smoke. and there is no more pungent odor than that of beer and lamb lingering on your skin/clothes/hair... EVERYTHING SMELLS LIKE LAMB!!
well that's it for now... stay tuned for the hilarious story of how we almost had to shower together and the never-ending quest for "western" washrooms.
xo
PS thanks for all the comments! :)
