After we arrived we ended up staying at a hotel that happened to be right in front of the train station. Hotel New Iida happened to be the name of this fine establishment. Since the rooms were doubles I ended up rooming with a guy named Paul. Paul is a shorter Philippino gent. It was pretty late by the time we got everything situated so the guys decided to look around Iida city for a bar. The first bar we hit up was called blood. out in front of the building jutting out above the entrance where two gothic looking statues of angels with spears. This had to be one of the single coolest designs i had seen for a mere bar. We marched up towards the entrance and entered casually. Brett (a student coordinator) was the first one to enter and soon realized that  there was something  going on. I peeked my head in and saw that the place was packed with people at the bar and  the tables around  the room. Apparently there was a wedding party taking place. After rushing out and apologizing to 50 pairs of eyes staring at us we heading deeper into town. We ended up going to a karaoke place. Karaoke is a serious deal in Japan. all 8 of us piled into a small cramped room and proceeded to sing our hearts out. Most of the guys we were with didnt know any japanese songs so me, brett and proctor were the only ones doing those. We ended up staying for about 3 hours and headed back to the hotel afterward.

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