Final Days
Tonight was…interesting to say the least. Went up to Ueno (park) and saw the Tokyo Museum of Western Art. Pretty standard museum with your standard western art (needs more Salvador Dali). Then wandered around Akihabara a bit (couldn’t find the Sanyo Xacti for a decent price), then wandered around Shinjuku for awhile. Shinjuku changes alot at night, more black dudes who speak english trying to get you into their “clubs” (read: “buy-me-a-drink” bars, like strip clubs but more expensive). After seeing that for a bit I headed home. I did find a really nice asian couple at an Irish pub though, gonna meet with them tomorrow and probably go to Roppongi with them, it’ll be nice to have Japanese speakers for clubbing tomorrow night.
Hey Phil,
Glad to hear that your Japan trip has gone so well. I too remember the Tokyo / Sapporo club scene back in the late eighties with the pushy Nigerian or West Indies dudes. They must be from central casting since they seem to be the barkers at clubs — strip and otherwise– all over Western Europe, or else ballsy enough to be hawking fake Varsace bags across the street from Versace itself . . .
So, Phil, did you feel safe at night wandering around Japan? I certainly did, since I thought it about as unlikely to be attacked by Japanese while traveling there as I would by Mormons in Salt Lake City . . .
David D
Hey David, good to hear from you.
Yeah, the streets feel incredibly safe. Partially because there are so many people nothing much is likely to happen. And partially because the city kinda shuts down after midnite (the subways stop running) so you’re never really out late night.
I guess it could be because the population is like 98% Japanese and they’re just not that intimidating (except for the giant robots and martial arts)…