Showing posts with label Japanese Beer Garden. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Japanese Beer Garden. Show all posts

Thursday, July 10, 2008

day 192 - biru garden

Look out bar-maids and bar-men! The robotic beer-pourer has arrived! It begins at a tilt and gradually straightens as it fills. A separate nozzle adds the piece-de-résistance head. Chris checks out the quality...












The nearby biru garden on top of the Forus Building, complete with plastic coconut palms...





Chugalug, Cecy!






Some of the Shirasagi Gang.





In Australia beer gardens are an old pub institution (currently undergoing a revival in Adelaide to accommodate the new no-smoking-indoors laws). In Japan they tend to be seasonal pay-upfront and eat-and-drink-all-you-like affairs. On Tuesday night we gave Steve a send off (it was a good excuse to pay A$30 and eat and drink our fill.) A great way to spend a hot summer's night...