6 November 2019
Still quiet
Hunting for dinner in Furumachi
Niigata has no people.
Well the station area does, but the Furumachi area, at night, has basically none.
Apparently its the red light district, its mainly private bars that do not want any new customers and a few sit on the floor restaurants with closed sliding doors and no menus. Basically they made it as uninviting as possible.
As far as it being a red light district goes, I saw signs, they had one of those Yakuza collecting a commission INFORMATION shops that give out tips on where to find debauchery. I imagine the tip was to give up and go home.
I was determined to find a dinner that was not curry and was not ramen, there were a couple of options for those, I really just wanted hot soba and tempura vegetables, but I could not even find that. Eventually I found something. I couldnt keep looking for any longer, my legs are giving out!
Photo for my mother. They have hung little quilted things under the pedestrian walkways all over town. Hundreds of them. Most of them are not very good!
Red light district.
Most shops were shut at 7pm, this one was quite nice and still open. I bought a few handbags, geisha face paint, toe slippers.
This is now officially the quietest street in the world.
There are a few small alleys with lights on, but nobody home.
Down this alley is where the demolition site is where those guys threatened me with a big spanner.
This restaurant serves pork. Or maybe its a brothel with ugly girls.
The underground mall thing was close to abandoned. If I waited a couple of minutes I am sure I would have got a shot with zero people.
Heres my dinner. It was tiny and quite expensive. It is not curry or ramen. It came from Royal Host, which you can find all over Japan. I nearly got some kind of baked stew with cheese on top, but they were nice enough to show how many calories were in each item. 1200 calories in cheesey stew! Only 600 calories in my tiny pork thing with vegetables.