Bowling And Squid

i went bowling today with japanese people. one man, Masa, and three women: Chiaki, Kikomo, and i cant remember the other one. but i signed up earlier to participate in a cultural thing that was that. i won and i got a prize but it was shoe cleaner and a shoe horn which was a nice gesture. i guess this is where the saying "its the thought that counts" comes into play. my team got 4th place and won a big Asahi gift set. for those that dont know what asahi is, its beer. after that i walked around trying to find a place called unko which served Okonomiyaki and i asked a mother and her ddaughter and they walked me the whole way. it was about 2 blocks. that is how hospitable they are. She showed me the place and i went in and sat down. they put lettuce, squid, crab, and prawn in it along with an egg to make it grill, and then gave me a small glass of barley tea, which was disgustiing ut i didnt want to offend them so i muscled it down then they got me another one. so i grabbed a pepsi and drank that most of the time. the tea cleaned out my system though. then i went to a department store in ginza that was 8 floors high and visited every floor talking to random people including salesclerks and normal people trying to see who would help. they all helped. so i got what i wanted. i used more japanese today than ever.
the people i played bowling with all wanted my information like cell phone number and email address so i traded info with all of them.