Tokyo Nights

Kabukicho, Tokyo's red light district, has been dubbed the most dangerous district in all of Japan, which isn`t saying a hell of a lot, but still. I didn't get the full story, but one of Woo's friends said he saw a dead person there. Anyhow, it`s glorious- a warren of dirty izakaya (pubs), love hotels, shiny unheard-of sportscars, weird sex clubs, weird people, weird goings-on. After the obligatory japanese strip tease show (i won't get explicit here, but i'm better for it), we were thirsty and found this crazy bar called Mysterious. It's set up like a honeycomb, with all these pod rooms all stacked on each other throughout. It has a dark, space station theme, and the waitresses are all dressed like space hookers. Every once in a while, the spacy ambient music is interrupted by a voice announcing the approach of a star system that you can view off the port bow. We sat on the floor of our pod and had some drinks while Woo talked about these places called "no pants" shabu shabu restaurants where the waitresses serve shabu shabu with , yes, no pants on. Members only, alas. After more shenanigans through the streets, we got ourselves a karaoke room overlooking the messtival below. I recorded Woo's masterful rendition of the Neon Genesis Evangelion theme on this little japanese mp3 recorder i bought. I love my new little spy toy. We all made it out unscathed, in body at least, and played soccer in the street with a ball we found all the way home.