Karaoke at Apre

Every Friday night we headed for Apre, a bar in the Katamachi entertainment district. Apre has a pool table, English-speaking bartenders, and darts, but the thing we went there for was

Karaoke

The Three Senseis sing

Apre had a single (reservable) Karaoke room. We'd settle in for the evening and work the selection in the Karaoke machine. The teachers and staff from Eurocentres often came along, as seen here where the Senseis Three (Yamamori-sensei, Kojima-sensei, and Osada-sensei) perform.

The Three Senseis sing some more
Yasuko and David sing an infrequent duet.
Yasuko and David sing an infrequent duet.
Simon sings a rock song.
Simon sings a rock song.
Matt croons like Bing
Matt croons like Bing.
Simon rocks out to a rock song
Simon rocks out to a rock song.
Leslie mugs for the camera (a shock, I realize).
Leslie mugs for the camera (a shock, I realize).
Simon REALLY rocks out.
Simon REALLY rocks out.
Frances sings and reaches for the other mike at the same time
Frances sings and reaches for the other mike at the same time.
The Senseis Three finish off a tune
The Senseis Three finish off a tune.
Matt belts out a Sinatra tune while Leslie does what Leslie does
Matt belts out a Sinatra tune while Leslie does what Leslie does.

Since the second outing was my last night in Kanazawa, we had a merry crew along. Yamamori-sensei and Kojima-sensei sang me a sentimental Japanese ballad, "sayonara daisuke hito" (or "Farewell Favorite Person")... How could I not like that! (middle picture below). In general we had a late night of it...

Yasuko checks the lyrics
Yasuko checks the lyrics. In order to embarass us Americans who were barely bi-lingual, she stated singing songs in French.
Matt, as seen from below
Matt, as seen from below.
Yamamori-sensei mid-song
Yamamori-sensei mid-song.
Frances pipes out some Cantopop
Frances pipes out some Cantopop.
Seul comes back into the Karaoke Room
Seul comes back into the Karaoke Room.
Pierre
Pierre came out the second week. He was in on the French song thing too.
Matt hesitates over choosing his next (Frank Sinatra) song
Matt hesitates over choosing his next (Frank Sinatra) song.
Frances points at Matt, who's nicely backlit by the outer room of Apre
Frances points at Matt, who's nicely backlit by the outer room of Apre.
Kojima-sensei hits a high note
Kojima-sensei hits a high note.

Thanks to Harry the Cat for all the tacky animated GIFs. I couldn't have done it myself.

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