Encounter

　　At first, see the picture. One of three guys on the left is well known in Japan and has lots of fans. He is Mr. Ishige, a former professional baseball player. This picture was shot in a bar in the poor quarter of the city last night. Why was he there? I was drinking till midnight with my friend (on the right in the picture). Around when the date was changing and when we were about to leave the bar, he came in with his friends, one of whom was my old acquaintance and an orthopedist. Anyway, we stayed there two more hours and enjoyed chatting with him. It was a really relaxing night-time encounter.

(Vocabulary)
bar in the poor quarter of the town 場末の酒場
quarter 　《常に単数形で》(特定の人種・民族などの)地区, …街
the Chinese quarter of the city  その都市の中国人街