.026 - roppongi, ueno, and shinjuku

Apologizes this entry should have went up on Sunday, but didn't due to lack of internet.

Tokyo, Tokyo oh Tokyo...
is where we are right now and so far this place in living up to its reputation in every respect. Yesterday, we went to the Ueno district for dinner at a Yakitori restaurant. Except the place that we went looked like it was for exclusively Nihonjin only. Luckily, we had two pretty good Japanese speakers with us so they let us in. As we walked in the small, very narrow (and cluster phobia inducing) place we clearly looked out of place as everyone turned to look at us gaijin. We quickly got over our alienation and took advantage of the very cheap yakitori (we also had to read in Japanese). Yakitori by the way is pretty much grilled meat on skewers. We probably had about 5 each, a little bit of sake, and called it a meal.

Roppingi, the nightlife headquarters of Japan, was the next stop after that. That pretty much consisted of bar and club hopping. We ended up having to stay out literally till dawn since the trains stopped running at 12am and the clubs didn't start up until 12am. I have no idea what time the clubs actually closed because the music was bumping and people were still dancing in every club after 6 am. Crazy stuff. Anyhow below are a few pics from Roppongi and Ueno though I didn't get any shots within the clubs or at the yakitori restaurant (sorry).

Below are a few pics (chosen from 100s) of our experience thus far in Tokyo.

Searching thru the Ueno district for dinner

A little glimpse of the massive imperial palace

A PACKED train

Shinjuku, like all other major areas in Tokyo, lights up at night