Without a doubt, one of the best Japanese inventions is the drinking party. There's no bad excuse for a drinking party, and it beats the average night out in LA.Assuming you avoid the Hollywood bars with the $20 cover, $20 parking, and $20 drinks, not to mention the long lines, a night out in LA still doesn't beat a drinking party.
My average girl's night out tends to go something like this. The girls and I go to a packed bar where we have to yell to hear each other, and push and claw in order to move. We start dancing, guys start approaching from all sides, but of course, they're the ones that you don't want to approach. You spend the night fighting off creepy guys.
Average night at a drinking party... You sit at a table with friends. Share small dishes of oishi food (because in Japan, everything is oishi). Drink. The first word I learned in Japanese, and it's an important one to know when going to a drinking party, is nama birru (beer on tap). I also quickly joined my school's ASSS (association of students and staff for sake). The best part of the drinking party, though, is that you can actually have a conversation with the people you're out with. With large drinking parties, people usually rotate seats so they can spend time with everyone.
The one down side, is going out to meet guy/ girls. Although, the Japanese have invented a cure for this, the goukon. This was one experience I decided to avoid while in Japan...
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