Bōnenkai

I found out from my boss, Rich, that a group of people from work were going to celebrate Bōnenkai. We could not be left out so Sharmane, Cesario and I decided to join in the fun. But first we had to find out what the heck Bōnenkai was. I decided to look it up on google as I do everything else. Here is what I found on Wikipedia.



A bōnenkai (忘年会, literally "forget the year gathering"?) is a Japanese drinking party that takes place at the end of the year, and is generally held among groups of co-workers or friends. The purpose of the party, as its name implies, is to forget the woes and troubles of the past year, usually by consumption of large amounts of alcohol.



After the year we have had and all the hard work we put into accreditation in September we definitely needed a night like this. We had such a great time as we were people we typically don't hang out with and it was a good chance to hang out with our local national co-workers.



We went to a place called Poco a Poco. For 3,500 yen we got to drink and eat everything off a menu we were given for 3 hours. We have been to a place similar to this with the only difference being there is no time limit and you get up and serve yourself. The atmosphere was fantastic and the company was that much better.