At the hop: At the .. BOOOO HOOOOOOOOO!!!

As you may (or may not) have heard the massssssssive typhoon that supposed to hit the Kansai region decided to give up at the last minute. Actually I should have known as this usually happens, the teachers at school or the people in my village get very excited about telling me how this is the biggest typhoon/natural disaster...EVER! I I dust down the (massive) spiders from the storm shutters, only for it to change course. On Saturday we stocked up on all the essential supplies needed for any natural disaster (candles, sprite, flumps, cup noodles and glow sticks, the true essentials) and then settled in, only to find the night sky suddenly clear of rain, wind and any form of flying old ladies (oh no wait that might be the wizard of oz.) Still this meant at least we could head to Rock do.

I think I've written enough in the past about the club Rock do, good music, everyone dancing

while facing the DJ, going there in the dark only coming out during daylight hours, yada yada yada.
However this was knickers (on the right) last Rock do night so it made it especially important to have the best night possible. Which I think we more or less managed. How? Well lets check the bongs shall we...
Bong - The DJ (who is a massive Smiths fan) telling us his 2 kids were called "ask" (a boy, after the Smiths Song) and "Rocca" (a little girl)
Bong - Glow sticks, yep what better to celebrate the passing of a typhoon and the last Rock Do than to wave bright sticks around, later to be passed around the club like tropheys of a winning football team (just give us an open top bus and an adoring crowd and its complete. Which lead us to...

Bong - This man (on the left) Sporting a fine bowler hat (Sadly when I wear hats I look like a pepper grinder) enjoyer of fine glowsticks, busy charming the various lady dancers, One of the last few dancers left standing at 6 in the morning, oh and in three hours time would be working at our local subway station, apparently (this was discussed in Jjapanese) he's something to do with health and safety!.

Bong - I love some of the managled band names in Japan, last month was the turn of the (Well I think quite cleaver) "Catcher in the lie", tonight we have the "Meat Eaters", and "Lostage" I can't decide if this is delberate genius or crazy jibberish, and frankly I think its a bit of both.

Here's knickers one more time recieving the sacred Union Jack that symbolises the true good nights at Rock do, handed to the person most likely to be from the U.K (the nearest foreigner).

Knickers we salute you, will miss you and of course wish you all the best.

I should quickly mention the next day as we headed to a night called "Anarchy in the YOU GAY!" (complete with big print) although the website had an extra questionmark at the end, (I presume for any curious Japanese people) which was held in the tiny tiny tiny Twice bar. Although only a handfall of people were there and the music took a while to warm up we all had a great night, possibly (for me) due to not only the extra glowsticks we bought (and yes I am fully aware that only in Japan glow sticks can be seen as adding to a night) but also as the DJ played this Battles tunes which I still insist is the catchiest most jumparoundable (hey I 've been here 2 years I can spell how I want to...) tune this year.