Japan - Food and Karaoke, What Else?

After a brief stop-over in T.O., we flew off to Tokyo, Japan to visit with my buddy Will for 8 days. We had a great time eating our way through the large list of Japanese cuisines: Okinomiaki, Sukiyaki, Izikaya, Shabu-Shabu, Sushi, Tempura etc etc.

Our best times were spent in the Karaoke booth in the seedier parts of Shinjuku with champagne and plenty of sours. Luckily there is no sound-track available!

On our last night in town, Will took us to a floor show in Shibuya. The show was a high energy combination of dancing, singing on a transforming stage to an audience of about 50. Amazing production for such a small audience. The star of the show (and several other dancers) were tranvestites in various stages of transformation to females thanks to adept Thai surgeons... Typical in Japan, each table was expected to host the performers for overpriced drinks after the show. Great fun to trade jokes in broken English with a garish Japanese transvestite!

Definitely a unique culture!