{"id":704,"date":"2007-11-15T19:46:30","date_gmt":"2007-11-15T19:46:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/?p=704"},"modified":"2022-08-18T01:25:00","modified_gmt":"2022-08-18T09:25:00","slug":"moonwalker_bar_in_kyoto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walking-ixus.net\/blog\/moonwalker_bar_in_kyoto\/","title":{"rendered":"Moonwalker Bar in Kyoto (updated)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Drinking in Japan is the stuff of legend. Both for the fun and for the price (usually expensive). In Kyoto, there is a bar called the Moonwalker. It’s on the main drag along the canal next to a Harley themed bar. Entry is Y300 and drinks are Y200 apiece. They’re not watered down but they ARE half size. Regardless, you can drink a LOT and get smashed very quickly.

So here’s Momo and Yuki again. Fellow backpackers at the hostel who I wound up going to dinner and boozing with on my first night in Kyoto. Soon to be graduates of Uni in Tokyo, both of them have spent a year in English speaking countries (New Zealand and Canada) so their English is quite good. Also very fun to hang out with.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Erm, too many drinks will do this to you…!<\/em><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Besides cheap drinks, the Moonwalker has a small selection of snacks that we were comped since we ordered so many drinks. Like these bunny shaped buns. Bun buns? We had something else too but I forgot what else we ate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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…cuz we ate lots of these bunni<\/em>es!<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Shortly after we arrived, a party of three came in and took the table next to us. Since they were “next to us”, for them to be seated meant that half of our table had to get up so they could squeeze inside. As a result, they became part of our merryment (along with the Aussies at the bar). Note the one in the red cardigan on the right. Unbeknownst to me, I was to see her again…fate perhaps?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hiya neighbours!<\/em><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

They had the same fascination with the drinks as we did. They did the Japanese thing. Whipped out their phones and took pictures of their drinks. As opposed to us Joe Gaijin that merely whipped out cameras.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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wish MY phone could do that…<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

More drunken merriment until our neighbours left and then we left the bar later on.
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I can hold my breath for THIS long<\/em>
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Wheeee! Merryment! <\/em>
And on the death march back to the hostel, we passed a LOT of combini. So naturally we heeded the siren’s call and got some refreshment. Mmmmm! Refreshment<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Nightcap!<\/em><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

WAHAHAHAH!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Drinking in Japan is the stuff of legend. Both for the fun and for the price (usually expensive). In Kyoto, there is a bar called the Moonwalker. It’s on the main drag along the canal next to a Harley themed bar. Entry is Y300 and drinks are Y200 apiece. They’re not watered down but they … <\/p>\n

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