Tokyo Adventures

Living in Tokyo for 3 months was worth every penny.

歌舞伎町, Tokyo, Japan

Thursday 10th of September 2009

What a fantastic city! I doubt there is any place on earth being able to beat Tokyo on the grounds of entertainment. It takes a lot of effort trying to entertain 34 million people in one city. During my stay I managed to collect quite some tips for other people interested coming to Tokyo.

Locations:

Barbershop: Hair Dimension @ Aoyama, Tokyo
Barbershop: Oasis @ Harajuku, Tokyo
Sushi: Sushi Mamire @ 歌舞伎町, Shinjuku, Tokyo

Clubs:

Club Camelot @ Shibuya, Tokyo
Club ATOM @ Shibuya, Tokyo
Studio M's @ 歌舞伎町、新宿、東京都
Club Motown

Handy Dictionary:

おどり = dancing / to dance

よっぱら = drunk

注意のドアの電車駅 = train door warning

これから何ですか = what is this?

音楽 = music

ジャックコーラ = Jack Daniels + cola

テネシーサンライズ = Tennessee Sunrise

クランベリー = cranberry

ジャックモヒート = Jack Mojito

ジャック = Jack (Daniels)

ピッザ = pizza

ピッザはおいしいかったです = pizza was delicious

新橋 = shimbashi

目黒 = meguro

代々木 = yoyogi

新幹線 = shinkansen

おさら = a plate (for food)

おもちかえり　- to go (food to go, or coffee to go)

玉子 = tamago sushi

かんこう = sightseeing

おまもり = necklage

カーフェ = cafe

くうこう = Airport

もまなく = upcoming / next

おみやげ = present

本日 = (honjitsu) today

曇り (kumori) = cloudy

できた (dekita) = ready

さんかく = triangle

まる = circle

ちかい (chikai) = near / closeby

つかれた (tsukareta) = tired

仕事　(shigoto) = work

じょうす (jousu) = good at something

会社 (kaisha) = company

眺め　(nagame) view

新しい　Atarashi - new

国立競技場駅　= kokuritsu kyogijo station

まったあとで (matta atode) = one sec / wait a sec

スイミングプール =　swimming pool

なま = sort of sushi

Parapara Nights

Dancing Parapara at SEF with Rena and Mana until dawn in Tokyo.

六本木, Tokyo, Japan

Wednesday 23rd of September 2009

Nothing is more entertaining than visiting a crazy Parapara party during the weekend. SEF Roppongi is on of the ultimate Para parties in Japan. I met many famous para dancers namely; Rena, Mana, Ryuichi and others. Dancing goes on the entire night while they switch the music often from Eurobeat to Hyper Techno. It is always an intense experience and everybody ends up sweating their butts off. SEF is usually helds at A-Life nightclub from 19:00 ~ 23:00. Nothing beats my first Parapara experience back in 2007 at B-1 Dynamite, that must have been one of the most awkward parties in my life but ended up growing on me.

On a funny side note:

Parapara has seen many videogame attemptions but the new Dance Masters Evolution seems to have everything necessary to enjoy a good routine. It will be available on the XBOX360 in conjunction with Kinetic motion detection. I found a secret song routine on youtube.

Roppongi Revisited

Halloween night out in Roppongi's Nightlife; 911, Gaspanic, Flower.

Roppongi, Tokyo, Japan

Saturday 17th of October 2009

Another party night in Tokyo. Tonight we went club and bar hopping from Shinjuku to Roppongi (Foreigner district) for some Filipino Karaoke, Shabu Shabu, some gay bar and the good club area on Roppongi Street. Great memories came back when we entered 911, Gaspanic and Club Flower.

It was also Halloween thus all clubs throughout the district spiced up their decor with pumpkins, creepy villains and spider webs. One of the highlights was the dinner on top of a major Shinjuku office building with fantastic view over Shinjuku and Meiji Park.