"Got to bed this morning at about 4, fortunately I got to sleep until 11:30. Then I went to work. We got off about 4:30 PM and the Chief told everyone who wanted to go with him that he'd buy the 1st round. So me, Don (a guy in the shop), and the Chief went out to a dept. store looking for a 'futon' (I think). It's a big silk quilt. We found one for 98,000 Yen (about $400). Too Much!
After that we went to a sushi bar for a beer. The Chief had sushi, Don & I had tempora. I was having a little trouble with my chopsticks. Don said he knew why, . . . he said I should have left them together. I looked and saw his, they were still connected at the top. We all started laughing.
We then went and played
pachinko. I started with 300 Yen of balls and did pretty well. I lost them all, but did win enough to keep playing a goodly amount of time. Then we went down some off the track streets with a bunch of Japanese bars and stopped in one. I had some Akadama wine (very good) and Sake (not bad). The Mama-san didn't speak English and we didn't speak Japanese. It was a lot of fun. We met two young guys at the bar, they spoke a little English, and asked me where I came from and my occupation. They said that they liked The Beatles very much, and asked about some movie stars.
They said Don looked like Ringo. We had a good time."
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In 1977, I had never heard of futons or pachinko, and knew little about sushi and sake. I don't remember if the popular culture at the time did either.
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