Are you a night lifer?

Posted on June 25, 2007 by Dione

If you’re answer to this question is yes, you’d probably be interested to this article. I am one of those young women who love to hang out every weekend especially Friday and Saturday nights. One of the most popular places to go for nights out is RoppongiAn area of Tokyo very famous for its high concentration of nightlife and popularity among the foreign population. . This place is considered the foreigner capital of Japan. You can find all races, ages (except children), genders and classes. Some people call it the “the meat center” and some just love to look around and experience the uniqueness of each individual. Some call it the “The sin city” but duhhh, it just depends on the person if he/she wants to sin. Roppongi glamours the most in the evening.

What can you find there?

a.) Dance Bars of different kinds; hip-hop, r n b, reggae, trance, house, Latin. Usually each bar has black guys advertising their bars and giving discount cards of 500 yen per drink entrance free (though almost all of the bars are free of entrance). Don’t fall prey to these guys, they keep on saying their bars are full of people but when you get in there only to find 5 to 6 people in the dance floor and you’ll be forced to buy drinks coz the moment you get in a waiter will ask you to order immediately. If you have a favorite bar, you go there directly. If you are young and ready to explore tight dancing places then Gaspanic (old and new) is right for you. You can also try Wallstreet, the First bar, Motown, Club 911. See it for yourself and if you don’t like the place you can get out easily. These places are usual meeting place for those people (both men and women) who want to hook up.

b.) Varieties of Restaurants selling different kinds of food.

c.) Karaoke places to sing

d.) Gentlemen's pubs: You know those are gentlemen bars when there are sexy ladies’ pictures right in very entrance (not to mention the pimp).

e.) Amusement bars (pools and darts). You can see one in the First Bar, free of charge but you need to buy drinks and the famous Bacus (3rd floor on the same building where the first bar is located, right across from McDonald's by the D’lite bar.

f.) Coffee places they call it Cafés. If you just want to sip your favorite non-alcoholic drink and want to have some formal conversation with someone then these places are the best to go. It is scattered everywhere.

g.) Shopping places for fashionable items (very expensive though), prefer to go Don Quixote for weird stuff. They are open 24 hours.

h.) Ramen places – I just love the ramen restaurants in Roppongi, very cheap and tasty.

i.) Love Hotels – You know what I mean right? lol.. usually ranges from 5,000 -20,000 for over night stay. I didn't mean I have been here, just quite familiar with them since they are almost everywhere with several attractive lights and a mini-garden at the entrance.

Roppongi is like a place that never sleeps. Party bar opens at 3 pm and closes at 10 am, you’ll have a great time sweating it out. You can meet great and the not so great people in here. When you ask Japanese people about Roppongi, the first statement they’d say “abunai yo!” (it’s dangerous)…but really it’s not. Japanese think this place is dangerous (especially to those conservative ones) because of so many gaijinJapanese word meaning "outsider" commonly used to describe foreigners. Considered somewhat impolite. (foreigners) meet in this place every weekend. Some Japanese don’t like gaijin, that’s why.