As I was walking to our neighborhood DVD rental shop, I couldn't help but notice this new place that had opened. Standing Bar 37. The place opens at three in the afternoon, pretty unusual for a bar. I decided that I would check it out on my way back home after dropping the DVDs I had rented. I had checked out the menu and noticed that a lot of drinks were only 300 yen. Definitely worth checking out. The bar is run by a woman who looks as if she's in her 20s but said she was in her 40s. Good genes, I tell ya. I asked what was the significance of the bar's name [37]. The answer was quite simple. If you read the numbers in Japanese, 3 is mitsu (Mi) and 7 is nana (Na), 37 = Mina, which is the owner's name. I think I want to come here again.
この間借りたDVDを返しに行った時、家から歩こうと思って世田谷通り沿いを歩いた。そしたら新しく出来た店を発見。スタンディングバー３７。店が午後３時開店でちょっと気になった。DVDを返したあとにこの店を覗いてみようと決心した。テーブルカウンターチャージもなし、サワーなども一杯￥３００、安い！店のオーナーは女性で外見はどう見ても２０代位しか思えない。でも本人が４０代と教えてました。本当に素敵な方。店の名前「３７」の由来を聞くと、答えは簡単。３は三つと７は七つ、合わせて読むと“ミナ”、それがオーナーの名前でした。またこの店に飲みに行きたいな。
Last week, a friend of mine who I hadn't seen in over five years invited me and another friend out for drinks. We were going to meet around 6:30pm on a Thursday. I wasn't planning on staying out late but our other friend who was to join us said he wouldn't be able to make it until around 8:00pm. Our late arrival is very sensitive to smoke so we were trying to decide if there were any decent places to drink beer without any smokers - a difficult challenge in Tokyo I must say. But since we still had two hours before our anti-smoking friend would joins us, my friend took me to a standing bar called [Kimidori] which is near his mansion (the Japanese term which means apartment, not a large luxurious home).
先週５年以上も会ってなかった友達から飲みと誘いがありました。仕事上がりで会う約束をした。三人で飲む予定。僕の友達二人は自分より１０個年上なので、これはなんとオヤジ会じゃないと私が言った。一人は本当たばこと煙が嫌いなので、何処に行こうと迷ってた。でもたばこ嫌いな友達は二時間遅れで来るということで、５年以上会ってなかった友達と彼のマンションの近くのスタンディングバー「キミドリ」に連れました。メニューに地ビールもあったので、もちろんそれをチョイス。軽く飲んでつまんで時間をつぶした。スタンディグバーって中々良いもんだなっと実感しました。
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