Monjayaki & monomane
Last Friday night, Judy went out with her friend Sachiko to watch the latest Kwon Sang Woo flick, while I, after being the last person to leave the office, went home and plopped myself down in front of the TV to watch the least dreadful of whatever rubbish could be found on Japanese network television (yes, the exciting life I lead astounds me too at times).
Anyhow, around 10:00pm, Judy called and said that she and Sachiko were heading to an okonomiyaki restaurant in Ebisu and asked if I wanted to meet up with them. So I finished up my beer, dusted the chip crumbs off my shirt, put on some pants and headed out. Thirty minutes later, I arrived at the restaurant and greeted Judy and Sachiko (whom I hadn’t seen since the wedding) and met Sachiko’s boyfriend Makoto for the first time.

We consumed loads of monjayaki, okonomiyaki and probably a bit too much alcohol, and in short, had a gay old time. At one point, Makoto revealed to us that, in addition to being able to draw a mean sketch of a car on a napkin while drunk, he also has a far more amusing talent. Announcing that he was going to do an impression of the “Japanese royal family,” as he put it, he turned his back on us, removed his glasses, messed with his hair a bit, and then turned back around to show us this:

Judy and I promptly pissed ourselves laughing, eventually leading Makoto to tell us that we were laughing too much and to stop it.
So what do you think?
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I suppose so, yes.
I also think the napkin car looks like a Mazda.
Comment by Patrick — 3/8/2006 @ 1:57 pm
makoto is far too handsome and has far too much style to ever pass as japanese royal family. a good try though!
Comment by stu — 3/8/2006 @ 11:40 pm
Let’s just say that it surely beats my own royal family impression… (185cm Norwegian…)
The car looks awesome though, i’d get me one of those.
Comment by Anders — 3/10/2006 @ 12:36 am
priceless
Comment by Anonymous — 3/11/2006 @ 5:31 am
Yep, the car is a Mazda. Makoto’s a graphic designer and has been doing some work for Mazda recently.
He actually stopped by the site last week and complained that his “royal family” picture is too big. Oops!
Comment by jeff — 3/13/2006 @ 11:45 pm
He shoulda parted his hair the other way!
Comment by Monique — 4/20/2006 @ 4:21 pm