Friday, July 7, 2017

golden gai and naked yakuza (and some art)

We've spent the past few days bumming around Tokyo. We went to The Emperor's Palace and walked around the gardens. Went to a really nice Contemporary Art Museum, drank in the golden gai (with a clown at a bar that serves everything for 666 yen, and is themed around heavy metal and horror movies).  The area has hundreds of cute/odd little bars that only hold 4-5 people. It’s kind of a tourist trap, but still entertaining. We also went to Roppongi Hills and hung out with all the rich people and walked through their pretty little parks and hit up a couple galleries. One had a huge, experimental/architecture "capsule hotel" built in the window. We hung out in it for a while and watched japanese game shows. Sunni wanted to go see the Sejo temple and while we were in Asakusa, we took a relaxing bath at a traditional onsen. I went to the same place last time I was here. Nothing has changed, they still have a huge koi pond and they still let Yakuza in. The guy next to me had a full back tattoo and looked very intimidating. It’s a little odd to be naked around gangsters.































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