Karaoke

Okay, please brace yourself for the beauty of what you are going to see: drunk Japanese people at karaoke. It ain't pretty.



One night we went out for an enkai, literally, a banquet. It's usually a big dinner party to thank all the teachers for their hard work. Or, just an excuse to get to drunk. I'm not too sure. Anyway, after the initial enkai all the grandma's and grandpa's go home and only the drunkest or the bravest of the young men and women go out for karaoke. And Japanese people LOVE their karaoke.




These guys can't even keep both their eyes open! Are we to entrust the future children on Japan into their care?!?!



And this my friends, this is what karaoke in Japan really looks like. One small room crammed full of drunk Japanese people grabbing for the microphone while another fails to keep beat on a tamborine. All you can drink for a couple of hours to help soothe the pain of listening to the tone deaf sing Whitney Houston and Stevie Wonder. And trust me, they love the cheesiest of American classic songs. That and bad, bad, bad Japanese music. I'm talking songs about fruit and how grown men miss their mom's home cooking. Bizarre-o.