This Sunday I go to a meetup at the Kyoto Laundry Cafe. It’s a bit crowded, there are one or two Frenchmen and a few French-speaking Japanese who seem happy to practice. Other expats as well. People of all ages.
I talk to a Japanese guy who I met yesterday in another meetup… Yesterday again, two locals told me about foreigners working at my company, who I had met the week before… I have the feeling that the expat community and its supporters is a small world. Maybe there’s more people in Osaka ?
Anyway, back to today’s meetup. The cafe owner makes an announcement 10 min before the end of the event: there will be a Halloween party at some point in october with cosplay. Why not! Then she tells that she is going to see some live music just after the meetup, and that we can follow her since the venue is a 10 min walk. Why not !
Some of the meetup participants follow, and we end up in Live House Gattaca, a tiny concert hall on the 2nd floor of a building (it looks like we are underground though). Four rock bands are playing tonight. The first band has a good energy and their songs are melodious: Youth. The second one is good as well. Surprise for the third one, the singer is the cafe owner! I missed that part in the announcement… In fact, it’s a one-time band. The last band was the most awaited by the audience, but I find it’s the least memorable.
Ramen while going back home. Going with the flow is nice.