Back With a Bang!
Our holiday in the cold is now officially over. We flew back to Tokyo on Wednesday 27th, joined by Nate and Rolf. Eager to get back to civilization and hit the ground running, we took one night off then, on our second night in Tokyo, we were taken out for dinner by Alex - our rep here in Japan.
We were taken for a meal at the Tokyo Grand Hyatt Hotel in Roppongi Hills. For those unaware, Roppongi Hills is one of the richest areas in Tokyo. The meal itself was fantastic, and if you ever manage to save up enough to buy the moon, I strongly advise the Scottish Salmon followed by the Seafood Platter. All I can say is those prawns were so fresh I was surprised they didn’t fight back against my mighty fork. Rolf had a Kobe steak, rumored to be one of the best in the world, and the price was about a quarter of my monthly paycheque. A drop in the ocean for a Roppongi businessman, but it was exciting to watch a steak the same price as a TV being eaten in front of me.
Once the meal was over, Alex walked us down to a trendy walk-in bar and said his farewells. Inside the place was absoloutly full of foreigners. Usually, the majority of gaijin in Tokyo is made up of Australians and Americans, but here there were French, German and Italians in large numbers as well. All of us Europeans were outnumbered by the Americans overall, but it was nice to meet people who don’t call football “Soccer”.
After having a drink at the bar and joining some Americans who are studying in Japan, we headed for the clubs. The plan was to find the world famous Gaspanic! club, but in the end we settled for Club Vanilla. A lively place full of foreigners, we kept on partying until about 4.30, then we slept for five hours before we went to Kamakura. But that’s a different story for a different blog post…
Sorry this is a short and boring post, but the next one has loads of pictures and lots of fun words to read!
I can’t believe you had a meal there! That’s where Lost In Translation is set you know, one of my favourite films.
Ever so slightly jealous now, especially after your snowmobile antics :P
Woooo, I used to work there! But I didnt like there much in the day, it’s not a place to work, I didnt like to wear posh cloths and buy expensive lunch everyday :( But Roppongi IS a place to go in the night ;) Vanilla is one of my favourite, it’s just easy to dance but fun :)