It's a local Izakaya for local people...

Went back to my friendly local Izakaya for nomukai (Work drinks) with some of my teachers. It was rather surreal to see some of them in relaxed mode. One teacher was knocking back the sake like water and was rolling around within an hour. I found this rather odd as people seemed to ignore him. I think in the UK people would try and get them to slow down or at the very least make fun of them. Another one of the teachers seemed very much the life and soul of the party and a lot tried their best to speak English to include me! A good night had by all.