Notes from Yokohama

On the 8^th of January 2010, Osawa san (May his soul rest in peace) invited me for dinner.

He has been asking me for several days to join him for dinner to celebrate my joining the team since I arrived in Yokohama in December 09. However, I was engaged on other occasions and could not join him. On 8^th we went to a Japanese pub near the sakuragicho station, not far from JGC’s office in Queens tower. There was me, Osawa san, Subbu san, Katsuoka san and Kuramasu san. The interiors were made in such a way that one can sit in the traditional Japanese way or in the western way. See picture below.
See the way the floor is sunk so that you can either sit on the tatami mats in Japanese style or in western style at the same table.

Menu card was as shown below. We went for the traditional Japanese Sake and Sashimi. It was my first real taste of Sashimi and Sake

I was a little apprehensive of the raw fish. To my surprise, there was no smell and the raw fish tasted something like the meat of a young coconut.

In the next table, the guests were cooking their own dish while gulping down Sake.

Our Japanese friends attacked the Sake and Sashimi with full vigor while I and Subbu kept a steady but slow pace.

We had a great time that night. However, two of them are not with us anymore. Osawa san and Kuramasu san lost their lives in a tragic accident in Abu Dhabi on 11th August 2010.

May their souls rest in peace.