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Originally Posted by HandballJim
I was over there in October for 2 weeks and the $1 was worth around 85 cents, I stay at my wife's parents house in Sagamihara, Kanagawa which borders Tokyo so it does not cost me anything. I have not been to any clubs there, also the trains stop running around midnight in Japan...so if you mis the train...you just party until morning. I can get used to living in Japan since there is a lot going on like NYC. But not speaking the language I would not be able to work a regular job. I hear the hostess clubs are expensive over there. As far as the food went it was limited for me, since I am not into most traditional Japanese foods. I like the teriyaki, tempora, and some sushi...not what they cook at home there. I am Italian and used to large portions of food, so I found myself ordering 2 breakfasts each day at Jonathan's Restaurant. I did find a good Italian Restaurant over there called Mama Pasta, tasty pastas and brick oven pizza.
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actually about the food i totally agree with you, the portions are so small that you have to order 2 times but nothing too crazyeither. we found this good italian cafè "segafredo" near our hotel where we go there every morning and we even got a coffee card.
what i do find really weird and very bad socially actually is the fact that - and today i talked with a model friend of mine that lives in tokyo - is that socially, relationships are very closed, you tend to go out with friends you had from childhood and you will not make any new friends. people in general, no matter whether men or women are closed mentally and socially bound that they do not talk to each other.
we notice when we approach girls in bars just for talking that they often have issues when it comes to communciation, and about english, they all do speak english but if they dont talk well they dont wanna do it, my jap friend told me that.
other than that yeah lots of nyc style partying and places, although i love nyc more, still in my top 5 world cities. a part from that, yeah the train and metro closes at midnight so your only option is the cab.
anway let's see some pics now!