Customers of Kubo
Besides mama, there were 5 or 6 staff worked in rotation. One of them was a boy, Hiro, also a college student, and was a relative of mama. He mostly […]
Mama
Kubo was a “pub,” but not the “public house.” In Japan, “pub” referred to bars opened in the ’70s – ’80s that catered to salary-men. They served alcohol and bar […]
Pub Kubo
Tutoring one high school student was not enough to sustain my unruly lifestyle in Tokyo, so I searched for an additional source of income. I came across a hand-written hiring […]
First part-time job
My approach to the choice of part-time job lacked humbleness, the desirable quality in young people in Japan. Other school peers found their part-time jobs at restaurants, fast food shops, […]
Money and me
My parents sent me enough money every month to cover the rent, utility bills, and food. The amount would have been enough if I had lived a frugal life. But […]
Eddy’s transformation
Aki moved to the US in her late 20s and since then acquired the green card. A few years ago, she visited me when she had attended a conference in […]
Dating experiment – part 2
It was about two months later that we had sex. I wanted to experience it, and Chris was perfect for it because he smelled good and was not gross. Sex […]
Dating experiment – part 1
I met Chris through Eddy. Chris was studying at Waseda that year in the same program as Eddy. He was not a bad looking white boy from the East Coast […]
Dancing in Roppongi
I much preferred dancing to drinking. I was introduced to clubbing by Eddy and Aki from the circle. Eddy was a half Japanese American guy who grew up in Kobe […]
The fake-med student
There was the circle’s event during the day, and we had an after-party at an izakaya in Shinjuku. We occupied a large tatami room with six rectangle tables. We used […]