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Roppongi!!!
Photo: typical party girls in Wall Street. Met them in a bar called Motown House. Hung out with them all night... cos they passed the acid test of actually buying me a drink from time to time (see warning below!)
Roppongi is the place to go if you don't speak Japanese. I mean that literally - it's just about the only place you can go and find any decent nightlife, unless you're with a Japanese speaker.
There are loads and loads of bars round here, most of them jam-packed full of English, Australian and American guys - bankers, in the main. Surprise surprise.
Apart from the fact that everyone here speaks English (to varying degrees), the other main reason to come to Roppongi is that the bars stay open until 9am, whereas most other places in Tokyo close down at midnight. Party on, dude...
A decent place to go early on (i.e. before 2am) is the Motown House, or Motown House 2 (not a very imaginative name, huh?) which may actually have some Japanese women in them, as well as a broad mix of Thais, Filipinos, and the like. Some of these are students, some of them are hostess girls on their night off. Ask where they are from and what they do for a living before you buy them a drink... Anyone who's Japanese or a student will be on the level. Hostess girls might be just after a cheap night out at your expense. Alternatively try Dusk 'til Dawn, which seems to be more of a rugby crowd. Then move on to Gaspanic or Wall Street. If 70s and 80s music is your thing, definitely go to Castillo as well.
Most places are free to get in, although you'll be expected to buy a drink, and a friendly doorman will usually meet you and greet you as soon as you walk in, taking your drinks order at the same time, to ensure that you do actually buy one.
Expect to pay 800 yen for a bottle of beer. That's about US$7... not cheap.
On the way in, you'll no doubt be pestered by guys trying to tempt you to go down to the numerous hostess bars dotted around this area. If you succumb, my guess is you won't get much change out of US$200. Nominally you pay a flat rate of US$50 to US$90 an hour to sit in these places, and for that you can drink as much as you want. And you get a girl in a short skirt (but otherwise fully clothed) to pour your drinks and talk to you for an hour. Of course you have to buy her drinks too...
Once you're all partied out, head on over to Freshness Burger (good burgers) or if you must, McDonalds (grim burgers, but who cares at 9am?).
There's a definite ebb and flow to Roppongi... the metro stops around 1am, and the bars tend to thin out a bit around then as the people who don't live close enough to make a taxi ride home economical (and who don't want to have to stay up all night) head off to bed. From 1am to 3am, it's relatively quiet, until the girls from the hostess bars finish work and things start to hot up from there as they all hit the bars to unwind after a hard day at the office...
Depends where you're going and what you intend to do! Japanese women tend to dress up. Western girls tend to dress wild, as they have an uphill struggle to attract the attention of Western guys, given the stiff competition from the locals. Guys tend to be their usual relatively scruffy selves. Leave a Comment Theme: NightclubDirections: If you're getting the metro, it's on the Hibaya (grey) line. Otherwise, just get in a cab and say 'Roppongi'.
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