Tokyo!

In June each year the 1st year JETs that will be re-contracting have a big confrence. Although I'm not a 1st year JET, I still went up the weekend before with some other Fukui JETs. Since I've been to Tokyo numberous times, I decided tohit my favorite spots in Tokyo, and if there was time one place that I hadn't been before
That's me, Tina, and her friend, sorry I forgot his name.. again, at Bar Fur in Roppongi. At this point it was really late, or early- depending on how you look at it.

There's Colin with his champagne in one hand and showing off the time on his other hand. The time-- 4:42 AM.
We had gone out on our first night back in Tokyo. Rather than calling it an early night we stayed all night. This was the tail end of the night as we waited for the subways to start running again.
Our first night started with our check in at the new K's House in the Asakusa area of the city. I always stayed at K's in Kyoto so I was super excited when they openned on in Tokyo. The backpackers place had only opened the night before we arrived. Everything there is brand new and the staff are super friendly-- just like the other K's. I know where I'll be staying every time I visit Tokyo from now on. =)


We had a group of Fukui JETs so we booked a 6 person dorm room. There's Bronwen in her bottom bunk.



After we were all checked in, we had a hard time deciding what to do next. We settled on going to a beer garden in Asakusa. Unfortunantly, it wasn't open or there, or something. I don't really remember what the problem was, but Asakusa was lame (it's actually not bad- if you go in the day time. Check out Sennoji Temple and all the shops along the way between the temple gate and temple itself. Asakusa's other attraction-- the golden flame, although everyone just thinks it's a golden poo onto of a weird black building. So we headed over to Roppongi instead. Roppongi is full of bars, clubs, karaoke bars, and arcades. It's were lots of foreigners (non-Japanese peps) hang out. So our first night was spend walking around and hitting a few bars. I spent the rest of my time in Shibuya, Harajuku, and Shinjuku. I also made a trip out to Yasukuni Shrine and to Roppongi Hills so I could check out the Mori building and the view from the top.