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The usual café, the usual izakaya — nothing wrong with that.
But tonight, why not try somewhere a little different?
Set your favorite drink at your side, and take up a cue.
A night of laughter ringing over the cloth, under soft lamps.
Snap a photo, and laugh again — that kind of girls’ night is waiting at the pool hall.
There is a scientific reason for girls’ nights
Have you ever wondered, “Why are girls’ nights so much fun?”
The truth is, science has proven it.
According to research by Shelley Taylor and colleagues, psychologists at the University of California in the US, women under stress tend to respond not with “fight or flight” but with a third response: “tend and befriend,” deepening their bonds to protect themselves.
Gathering with close friends of the same sex, talking, caring for one another, and finding reassurance there — this is behavior rooted in women’s instincts.
And empathetic conversation with friends prompts the brain to release oxytocin — the hormone of love and bonding.
Because female hormones and oxytocin work in tandem, women tend to feel an especially strong easing of stress in time spent with other women.
Blood pressure falls, anxiety softens, and happiness fills you.
So there was a reason a single “I get it!” can loosen the heart so much.
Putting it into words is a woman’s metabolism
Some studies say that women tend to find relief from stress through empathetic communication in conversation.
Letting overflowing feelings and thoughts out as words may be a kind of mental metabolism — a natural way of keeping yourself well.
Work, family, love, the future — words you usually swallow come spilling out, naturally, in front of a friend you trust.
The moment someone receives them with “I get it,” the frontal lobe comes alive, and a state of relaxation follows.
Pool makes a remarkably good setting for that kind of conversation.
Turns alternate, so there is time when you are not at the table.
And in that time, conversation simply happens.
Shooting, waiting, laughing — before you know it, you are deep in real talk. Nights like that happen at the pool hall.
👉 On the mindfulness effects of pool
Special time, out of the everyday
A girls’ night needs a sense of occasion.
A pool hall has an air a little different from everyday life.
Soft lamps over the cloth, a grown-up atmosphere drifting through the room — that fresh feeling of “I’ve never been anywhere like this” makes the night all the more special.
The sight of someone holding a cue is a picture in itself.
Eyes narrowed in earnest aim, the cheer after a shot, the laughter when a ball rolls off somewhere unexpected — each of those moments becomes a memory you want to keep in a photo.
Skill has nothing to do with it.
Even if it’s your first time, even if you can’t hit the ball well, that imperfection brings laughter and warms the room.
For first-timers, we recommend an any-ball game, where you are free to shoot whichever ball you like.
The rules are simple, and a whole group can get into it.
👉 Fun for a girls’ night, too! The rules of the Step-Up 10 Game
Laugh, talk, shoot.
Let out your grumbles about work, and feel lighter.
Say “I get it!” to each other, and collapse laughing.
Just when you’ve settled seriously over your cue, you miss the ball entirely and burst out laughing — memories of nights like that stay with you for a long, long time.
Time with friends releases oxytocin, melts away stress, and gives you energy for tomorrow.
It isn’t a duty or an effort; you keep doing it simply because it’s fun.
That is why a girls’ night is also the finest self-care.
For your next girls’ night, why not try a pool hall?
👉 See the Yokohama Billiard Hall Guide
👉 Billiards resources from Japan and around the world, organized by purpose: Billiards in Depth (latest updated hourly)
