I finally was able to get some pictures uploaded. They are in the Tokyo section and cover stuff from before we left Arizona until today (today being mid afternoon 6/15). I added descriptions to most of them so you can tell what the hell you are looking at. Being the technical wizard that I am I also figured out that my new camera can do short video with sound. Not the best quality but it does make it a little more exciting for everyone watching at home. At least I hope.
To recap where we left off last night, after the internet cafe we went to dinner at a sushi place. I am not a huge sushi fan so I only got 4 pieces. The guy offered me miso soup also, which I like so of course I ordered it. When it came I noticed some large chunks of meet floating in the soup so I wasnt quite sure what I actually ordered. After looking at them a little closer I realized it was chunks of fish as miso soups main ingredient is fish stock. One of the chunks was a piece of the head with the eye still in there. That about ended my miso soup eating even though the broth itself didnt taste bad. I am not sure if they were just messing with me or if that is just the way they server it in a sushi place, since they have so much left over pieces of fish. Either way my miso soup days may be over.
After dinner Justin and I went to Gas Panic in Roppongi. Having been here before with Aaron I knew what to expect. On the way from the internet cafe we got harassed by the regular assortment of expats trying to get you to come into their strip clubs. My favorite was the British guy that asked if I liked nice strip clubs and I said no, to which he replied how about disgusting ones. We got in Gas Panic pretty early so it was not very crowded, so the waiter/bouncer talked to us a lot. We found out his name is Charles and he is from Paris (white guy) but foolishly moved to Japan for his Japanese girlfriend he met in college. Poor Charlie speaks about as much Japanese as I speak French so he told us he is not to happy about living here or that fact that he has to work as a bouncer in a seedy club because no place will hire him if he doesnt speak Japanese. He was a really nice guy and just needed some white people to talk to. We were happy to oblige. We traded a few stories with him about time in Tokyo, how naive Japanese girls are and how trashy Roppongi is. He told us we should go to Shinjuku as the nightlife is much better and you dont have Nigerians hassling you to come into their strip clubs. On a whim I asked if he and his girlfriend would want to go with us and he seemed very happy at the idea. Plus it works out well for us having a Japanese girl that can translate. On the way out of the club we ran the gauntlet again. I got one guy to tell me to shut up when I asked if he was going to give me money to take the card to Tantric. He didnt seem to happy with my attitude so he left.
We did a lot today but the day is not over yet so I dont want to say to much until I can summarize the whole day. I will do more later.
