Went to the Tokyo Government building in Shinjuku which has a free lookout up top with a great view over Tokyo.
The old question came up, either go out early and make the last train, or late and stay out till the 5am first train.
Today me, Andrea the Italian ‘pappa’ , Christoff the all-purpose Swiss, and Shahab the crazy Swede, took the latter option.
Heading to Shibuya before midnight, we found a small, old-school bar. A single beer tap and vynal deck, playing cool music and a projector with dodgy 60s soft-core ‘dancing’ videos. We were the only customers until the bar tenders’ mate later entered and immediately was shocked “oh, gaijin!”.
Later we hit Xanadu, which I was a bit wary of at first, but it was really cool, with music ranging from RNB, to electro, dance and rock. We danced away with a few locals till 5am before hitting the train. I also met Bao Qin, a Chinese girl who has been living in Japan for 5 years and speaks fluent Japanese!
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Yeah G’day n’ stuff.
Howyazgoin!? Yaz chuck some shit on the barbie and throw back a couple?
Me and Evet (Yvette) took German party girl Kathrin to Aussie pub ‘Club House’, and got a “hey mate” as soon as we walked in.
Missed the bloody food (like Vego-sambos), but they had Aussie piss (alcohol) on hand. Ditchin’ beer as norm, I downed a Bundy Coke to keep with the theme. Music was Aussie drinking songs.
1st Photo Yvette is on the left, Kathrin the right. The Flag photo is just after Kathrin dropped the beer, true Aussie style.
The wide photo doesn’t look it, but it was actually choccas (full) with Aussies
One girl was showing real Aussie pride and rep’n the country in style, pissed off her tits (drunk) and dancing on the tables.
BTW, even in Japan you can get Vegemite, TimTams, Milo etc (for a premium!) – TOPS!
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We (me and my house mates) headed off early for sumo! Checking it out early we just got tickets, then made our way to Asakusa before returning for the main matches.
Asakusa has very busy markets leading towards Senso-Ji (temple) and, being the weekend, was fairly crowded. Walking back we passed the giant golden turd of the Asahi bulding (an alchol company, its supposed to represent the froth of a beer).
And how cool are these BanDai statues! There were about 8 lined up, this mech dude is awesome!
Doraemon (The Giant Blur Cat) recently had a new voice actor and it freaked everyone out!
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RTW: p14 – Yuki »« RTW: p12 – TAS 2006
