This is the "after" picture. We ate a lot of food. 

And here are the temporary bachelors. From right to left is Brad whose wife is in Shanghai and is the runner up in the "furtherest away" category. Unfortunately runnerups do not get any prizes awarded. Next is Chris whose wife is only in Tokyo. Phsfft. Next is Windley whose wife is also in Tokyo. Next is me and the grand prize winner of an extra beer which I had to pay for myself. Do not underestimate the value of this award. Because after we emptied the keg at the place, I was still drinking beer. Aftter our good meal, we rode home on our bikes. I did not get pictures of the adventure home. I mean, after all, it was enough of a chore just to get home. A good time was had by all. 

This is the traditional dining room that we opted not to use because we did not want to sit on the floor. 

This is the kitchen of the restaurant. 

This is the saga of the BNO adventure Bachelor's Night Out. To qualify for this adventure you have a wife who is out of town or out of the country. The members of this group were fully qualified for this outing. I would like to say that my wife was the furtherest away and I was allowed an extra beer as compensation. This picture shows the restaurant where the adventure starts. 

This is a view looking up the tree trunk. Actually the trunk is almost level with the ground. It angles up slightly. I imagine one of the typhoons of long ago did this to the tree. 

As we walked back along the Coweye, we saw this tree jutting out over the stream. It is obvious that great lengths were taken to save it. In the US, it probably would have been cut down. 

My favorite booth. Just pure junk. Expensive junk, but junk none the less. 

These two things I really wanted. The tractor is a replica of a steam tractor and it really works. This victrola was an RCA Victor. The tractor was 150,000 and the victrola was 210,000 yen. If you want to know how much that is in dollars, just back the deciaml place up two places to the left. That's right. See why I didn't buy them? 

China china, Japnaese china, antique sewing machine, and other stuff. 

Anyway, here we are at the entrance of the flea market. Antiques and collectibles abound. The vendors know their values too. I found many many interesting things I could not afford. 

This is the stream the brdige goes over. I think this stream is called the Coweye so that bridge must the Bridge over the River Coweye. 

Today I went to Yamguchi City to a flea market. This was a bridge on the way to the park where the event was held. 

Another shot of the hall bath. I thought you bathroom afictionados (you all know who you are) would enjoy seeing the furoba. 

The master bathroom. The shower is noce but not usable because nowhere in Japan is a shower curtain that fits it. The bas exchange is out. So send your donated shower curtains to Box 123, FOP 549 

The master bedroom with the "loner" chest of drawers, and the "loner" mirror. The bathroom door has the window so you can tell if someone is just reading or is really taking care of business. 

I told you, they're everywhere. 

This is the patio in the master bedroom. Form this window we have a lovely view of the flight line and can tell exactly when the jets are starting and taking off. Beyond the flight line is the Inland sea and distant mountains. 

Closet abound in this place. They're everywhere, they're everywhere. 

One of the bedrooms with the "loner" bed. 

This is the dining room. Although this picture is dark, I thought you might enjoy seeing the view we have though the patio windows. In the foreground is a lovely warehouse that is being painstakingly renovated. I especially enjoy watching all the heavy machinery rumbling in and out all day. Beyond that is the town of Iwakuni. And just before your eyes find the distant mountains, don't ignore the lovely red and white smoke stacks of the local paperr mills that emit lovely white vapor 24 hours a day. In all that sarcasm (you did get the sarcasm, huh, didn't you?) I must admit that you can never smell the mills as you do in Alabama and Florida.  

This is the living room with the "loner" furniture. 

This is the other end of the kitchen. 

This is the kitchen. 

Our kitchen. It is still clean as of this morning. Out the window, we have a lovely view of a warehouse, and the town of Iwakuni. In the far distant view we have the lovely picturesque smoke stacks from the local refinery.