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Originally Posted by Shawn
Sabotai, you outdo yourself with every post.
Now, I gotta ask: where the freak is that off-the-wall kabakura routine whose pics you spread throughout the rest? I've been to some crazy, almost Thailand/Bangkok-esque burlesques in Roppo and Kabukicho, but I have no idea where you found a theater that big, with that type of production value. Looks like a Daft Punk video and the trashiest of Yakuza-Light titty bars had kids. I am guessing Kabukicho purely because I don't really see any other gaijin.
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Yup, those were taken at
Robot Restaurant in Kabukicho.
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One other question: did the gentleman pushing "hip hop" clothes on Takeshita Dori try to talk you up? One of my coworkers is a black guy from Boston, and we hang out a lot on the weekends. Whenever we wander down to Harajuku, these guys won't leave us alone. They never even look at me when I am not with him, and he says it doesn't matter who he's with: they always bother him.
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Well, when I was waking back down Takeshita Dori about an hour after taking that shot, one of the African touts threatened to "beat the shit out of" me in front of "all these people" with about 4 other guys quickly surrounding me. After apologizing for taking his photo, he bizarrely stomped on my foot as I was walking away. I was so shocked and confused by the whole thing. I knew none of them would do anything with so many people around, but also knew there must have been something shady going on in order to be so sensitive about the whole thing.
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Originally Posted by giallo
I'm enjoying your trip immensely, Sabotai. It looks like we hit up a lot of the same high-streets while there. You definitely covered more ground by the looks of it (partying until the wee hours every night kind of screws up the next day unfortunately). I would have loved to make it to more districts, but it'll have to wait until next time.
Fantastic set, man. Will there be a part 3?
Shawn, what's up? We never did meet up. Why you no answer my PM?
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Thanks Giallo. There probably won't be a part 3 unless it's just some extra bits and pieces.
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Originally Posted by kevinfromtexas
It seems like there's mostly young people. What is the age break down in Tokyo?
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I think that's probably mostly from the places I went and who I photographed. However, I wouldn't be surprised if Tokyo did skew younger than the rest of Japan as it's a huge draw for youth culture.
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Originally Posted by Crawford
Outside of the fantastic photos, the first thing that comes to mind here (and keep in mind I've never been to Tokyo) is that Tokyo is strangely reminiscent of Berlin (I city I'm very familiar with). Am I crazy in making such a comparison?
Both have that juxtaposition of super button-down and extremely weird, both have an ugly, but fascinating Cold War architectural typology, and both have that consistent, high, but not very high, density, centered around train hubs, which are usually connected by elevated structures snaking everywhere.
I realize there are a million differences too, but that's really the first thing that came to mind. I've got to get over to Japan before I'm old.
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I love Berlin and Tokyo, but I find them to be very different cities.