When the typhoon is outside... take the beach party inside!!!!

So, as you knowledgable Aussies have reliably informed us there was a typhoon going to hit Himeji on Saturday night... As tis the season to be jolly (AKA Summer) there are many a beach party happening on the beaches of, well... Japan. The trouble is when a typhoon is on its way it may be a little dangerous... so the only thing left to do was take the sand from the beach and dump it inside a bar! And then it's still a beach party! Here's a picture of Jodi making a sand castle!

So, having finished the farewell potluck for the Americans, we donned our flowers, thongs and shorts and headed for "Coast", a local bar... actually ironic that the beach party was there! Anyways... We were greeted at the door by 2 lovely young chaps... it turns out they were to be the reggae entertainment for the evening... put our shoes outside in a plastic bag and headed to "the beach"...

Much what you would expect from a beach party... at times i thought the cameras from "Ibiza Uncovered" were going to follow British tourists to see what adventures they were getting up to... but no... this was Beach Party Japan and no such shady characters... actually, that may be a lie but we don't know what they were saying if they were being smarmy...

I guess what a beach party needs most is water... As none was being consumed by the patrons the owner of the bar decided it was time to turn a hose on everybody... so she did... everybody sopping wet and thankfully no one electricuted...This was one of the barmen who enjoyed spraying us all...He was looking remarkably like Jack Sparrow (don't know how that fits in with the beach theme but we are in Japan and anything goes!)...

Having had a grand old time at the beach or the coast or whatever it was it was time to hit the road jack... well actually, jono... so we did... hopped in a cab and cruised off into the sunset... actually that's a lie... it was night time...

And for those who were concerned about what might happen to us if the typhoon hit lil old Himeji... nothing did! In fact, I'm not even sure if the typhoon hit here... What a let down! All the excitement and hype about a tropical weather pattern... and it was about as successful as the Socceroos first adventure into the Asian Cup!