Tokyo
I stepped off the plane, went through customs, and made my way out of the airport. With a fat smile on my face, I was excited to be greeted by Andrew, my Japanese-Italian friend, who I haven't seen for two years. An hour later, an excited Stephanie rolled out, and so we were on our way.
With a quick shower and a change of clothes back at Andrew's, the three of us, plus Jo, who met up with us from Kamakura, began our never-ending "night." We walked a few blocks down to tsukino shizuku (月の雫) to eat a meal that ended up looking like a Safeway grocery list on our final receipt. The restaurant specializes in tofu; we ate several dishes of differently cooked tofu - all excellent, soft, and fresh. Andrew and Jo also ordered us plum wine and green tea drinks, which were fabulous. After about four rounds, we headed out to meet Andrew's girlfriend, Soyoung, in Roppongi, so we could continue our first wild night out in Tokyo.
Once in Roppongi, we hit up a few places that were empty so we finally ended up at Vanilla. The place was huge; there was a techno room and a hip hop dance floor. We alternated between the two, but without much luck on finding a cool, uncrowded area. In the techno room, we quickly caught on with the song lyrics, consisting of "ohhhhhhhhh yeah! yeah! yeah! yeah!" At the end of the night, aside from our Reef sandals, you couldn't tell us apart from the local Japanese kids.
But the night didn't end there. Andrew decided it was time to show us how to karaoke in Japan. After some negotiating and bargaining with a few different karaoke vendors (they don't really budge on price), we picked a place for 19 yen per person for an hour. As we sang through Madonna, Backstreet Boys, Japanese songs Steph and I didn't know, Mariah Carey and Beatles, we quickly decided to tack on another hour of sexy solos and high-pitched boy band hits, which left our throats quite dry and tired.
But the night didn't end there. Again, Andrew decided it was time to show us how the Japanese eat breakfast. Sushi breakfast. Yes, at 6am, after a night out painting the town. But let me tell you, this was the best sushi I have ever had, period. We ate uni, samon, maguri, scallop, tuna, you name it. We also had an extremely tasty crab soup. After 8900 yen, we decided to call it a night. And that's after having been up for 36 hours straight. Go team!
Alright, time to get ready for the Imperial Palace and Ginza.
With a quick shower and a change of clothes back at Andrew's, the three of us, plus Jo, who met up with us from Kamakura, began our never-ending "night." We walked a few blocks down to tsukino shizuku (月の雫) to eat a meal that ended up looking like a Safeway grocery list on our final receipt. The restaurant specializes in tofu; we ate several dishes of differently cooked tofu - all excellent, soft, and fresh. Andrew and Jo also ordered us plum wine and green tea drinks, which were fabulous. After about four rounds, we headed out to meet Andrew's girlfriend, Soyoung, in Roppongi, so we could continue our first wild night out in Tokyo.
Once in Roppongi, we hit up a few places that were empty so we finally ended up at Vanilla. The place was huge; there was a techno room and a hip hop dance floor. We alternated between the two, but without much luck on finding a cool, uncrowded area. In the techno room, we quickly caught on with the song lyrics, consisting of "ohhhhhhhhh yeah! yeah! yeah! yeah!" At the end of the night, aside from our Reef sandals, you couldn't tell us apart from the local Japanese kids.
But the night didn't end there. Andrew decided it was time to show us how to karaoke in Japan. After some negotiating and bargaining with a few different karaoke vendors (they don't really budge on price), we picked a place for 19 yen per person for an hour. As we sang through Madonna, Backstreet Boys, Japanese songs Steph and I didn't know, Mariah Carey and Beatles, we quickly decided to tack on another hour of sexy solos and high-pitched boy band hits, which left our throats quite dry and tired.
But the night didn't end there. Again, Andrew decided it was time to show us how the Japanese eat breakfast. Sushi breakfast. Yes, at 6am, after a night out painting the town. But let me tell you, this was the best sushi I have ever had, period. We ate uni, samon, maguri, scallop, tuna, you name it. We also had an extremely tasty crab soup. After 8900 yen, we decided to call it a night. And that's after having been up for 36 hours straight. Go team!
Alright, time to get ready for the Imperial Palace and Ginza.
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