Out and about in Ueno

Last weekend we were invited to Ueno zoo by Mai. When we arrived we found Mai's friend Ritsuko and Her boyfriend Dave waiting for us in Ueno station. It was super hot but the zoo was interesting, the usual type of thing, monkeys, rhino, giraffe and so on.

After the zoo we went for something to eat, we ended up in a trditional Japanese restaurant, and like any Japanese restaurant you get LOTS of food. We had what seemed like a feast, sushi, tempura, tonkatsu (pork cutlet) and much more. We were well and truly stuffed.

Mai then took us to a pub with Gary (an American), Eric (American), Nobu, Hiruki (yopparai-san "Mr. drunk")and Yumi. You can see mr drunk there in the photo of me and Ben with a tramp :).

The night was great and ended like any good night with a bout of kareoke, it was nice meeting all the new people, people we will no doubt be seeing again as our Tokyo drinking buddies!